Once you narrow down markets, you can usually find online on the city or county website the zoning restrictions around short term vacation rentals. 

From what I have read, the main benefit is early access to MLS for purchasing homes and saving on commission costs while selling homes.This leads to two questions: - Is simply having early access to new listings worth $600, or is it only worthwhile if I plan on flipping and selling a property on my own?

Easy access to I-10 and I-35 Highways.

Multifamily - yes because 100 units and more usually require syndication, there is a lot to learn and joining a group gives you access to people with money who have that mindset.

In return for the City's rehabilitation assistance, participants agree to certain long term (5-20 years) rent and occupancy restrictions which provide for the continued availability of the housing to lower income families at an affordable rent.

Generally - you can make a referral fee on these types of loans if they are 100% purely business purpose - a lot of the restrictions and issues come from anything consumer-related. 

Mortgage rates will eventually come down and also improve cash flow for any potential refinance for capital accessed now.

At the end of the survey, you can leave your email if you wish to be given beta access to this tool.

Those offers never came, one was supposed to be from an affordable housing nonprofit that had access to 4.5% financing, but they put us on ice for a few months while we waited for their slow board aproval process, and then they had some sort of organizational staffing shakeup and recently told us they couldnt put an offer in.

I would just be careful of any condos since many of the buildings along High street have restrictions on STR.