Pretty,  as others have stated here, the permitting process through the City of Cape Coral has been hindered by their ability to scale up their staff to handle the massive demands for all permitting including new construction but also anything else that requires a permit, home improvements, sea walls, alternative sea walls, pools and more.From your post, I can see that you are frustrated, and I believe some of that is due to not understanding the steps and processes of new construction, including what must be done prior to submitting permits.

This negative psychology among other things resulted in a massive failure to build new inventory limiting supply while demand grew.  

I've read about Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffets approach to investing at large and it resonates with me more so than the crypto-generation. 

The judge there is "progressively" destroying rental property by allowing massive delays in evictions. 

When I said size doesn't matter as much I meant for STR you don't need massive rooms, larger common areas, etc.If you went MTR you might go further away from RTP and go for higher bedroom count, for less appreciation on average.NOTHING about this post is gospel.

If you forget, you face massive fines.In a small partnership, you might be redoing this paperwork quite frequently. 

Also control the thermostats so the tenants don't jack up the heat in the winter giving you a massive bill.

For example, Schwab, massive changes including what I consider bonkers high interest rates.

Taking action at 21 shows massive confidence and drive.

Detroit is going through massive revitalization.