I understand you have to check with each local county or city zoning department, but was hoping someone might have experience or links to resources that can identify the zones classified to allow containers and/or areas they have built them on more quickly.

@Matt AndersonWhile you do have the option of getting a commercial loan; any rental unit that is between 1-4 unit is classified as a residential unit; which means it can be financed in the same manner as any residential property.

Invite them to lunch, dinner, coffee, or for beers and pick their brains. 2) Check out local "Events" (Real Estate Classifieds section of the forums on the left hand side of your screen here) and show up and network. 3) Set up a keyword alert for "DFW" or "Dallas" or "Fort Worth" / "Ft Worth" and get a notification - either here on BP and/or via email for those whenever they are talked about on the forums.

I believe if you stay for a total # of days longer than 14 over the course of a year, it doesn't qualify for the same tax strategy and instead is classified as a second home.

"We were all human until race disconnected us, religion separated us, politics divided us and wealth classified us."

I usually check the classified posting in the online news paper.

The handful of flips we have done in the past have all been long term holds, but the current one we will be putting up for sale in the next couple weeks will be classified under short term capital gains parameters.

Technically, the IRS have a designation of 'LTR' or 'STR'They just care that you are properly classifying whether the property is passive or active.They also want to make sure that you are properly depreciating the property as residential real estate is depreciated over 27.5 years and other properties depreciated over 39 years. 

Who classifies this, and where can you find the lettered ratings?

I saw you had some posts previously regarding paying yourself under a single member LLC.I would classify most of them as distributions.You don't want to pay yourself a salary in this situation as you would be converting an income source that is not subject to self-employment taxes to having to pay self-employment taxes.Best of luck for your search for a CPA.