You're an attorney who wishes to represent people in the purchase and sale of real estate?

As a former planning commissioner the people AGAINST projects are the loudest so you want to make sure you have a good pulse on what your neighbors and the louder people at public hearings stand so you can be prepared ahead of time. 

Are each of your properties held under LLCs?

People probably do this all the time, but skirting the law and subject to red tag if the city finds out. 

It can be, but it should not be anything close to the reason for purchase or sale.Sloped lots require a lot of regrading to level them which is WAY more expensive than most people think.

For your question, as far as I understand, the city of Binghamton doesn't allow STRs, but a lot of people do them anyway.

Intelligent people learn from other people’s mistakes.

I am sure that people who do forget their toothbrush are appreciative. 

I talked to a woman on the voucher waiting list recently about her experience with the process and she said most people that get approved for vouchers never move from that area, so the local PHA ends up closing their HCV programs because there aren't any more HCV qualified homes in that area.

The legal action is against people who have no intention of closing or no ability to close the purchase tying the property up with the seller believing the buyer will close when in reality the transaction will only close IF the “buyer” finds someone to pay more than he is paying.