After a few calls to the tax assessor's office, we finally found who we needed to talk to and were able to go in and complete a form attesting to agricultural use.  

The data is 5 years old but hasn't changed significantly.

when you know how to run numbers and Data. 

To add to what @Jonathan Greene wrote:1) Understanding the local market, so you know what Neighborhood Class your building is located in, what Class your Building is (condition & amenities), and what corresponding class of tenants will be attracted.2) Using all this data to properly set your expectations and a realistic ROI.3) How to better screen prospective tenants, including catching fraud, so your property performs better.

10/16/24 - Update:I finally reached out to our HD contact (Brian) and he initiated the process on October 18th by forwarding my email to an internal contact and requesting the upgrade.

Have you looked at AirDna or another STR data tool to obtain expected ADR?

I like the Share Group for skip tracing, its not cheap, but great data is worth gold.

You can't judge an area solely on crime rate and employment and salary data, but it certainly helps.

The next issue I think is we want this property for us since we just got the LLC started once the project is finalized we don’t have enough track record on the LLC or as a business owner to get a mortage or refinance the property under a mortage.

We are long-time listeners to a number of the podcasts, but are finally joining the community.