I would be interested to hear from investors in areas like Arlington or Dallas proper where it has really locked down on STR regulations and hear how their transition to MTR has gone for them. 

For your strategy to work you have to focus on markets where there are strong indicators the C neighborhood can transition into a B neighborhood.

Often, the key to transitioning successfully is starting small, perhaps with a mixed-use property or something that doesn't require a steep initial learning curve. 

I knew a developer before the exception for being near mass transit planned to build 4 units but was only able to build 3 units.  

Additionally, you make no mention of transitioning to MTR the tax year following  when a cost segregation was done.Your comments?

From there, you can better transition into a DIY approach

Currently finishing up a house hack and am going to be transitioning to building my rental portfolio.

The transition of planning to executing has been a mess though.

Are you currently focusing more on residential or trying to transition fully into real estate investing?

I also started with SF - doing flip projects before transitioning to MF.