They see foreigners as one-off buyers so they're not too much concerned about building a relationship or their reputation in the eyes of somebody who doesn't live there for that matter.

First thing is NEVER feel concerned of hurting someone's feelings or ego, your reviewing to employ them, that makes you the boss doesn't it?

AB doesn't have any of those. 

It doesn't. 

*Again, this doesn't seem necessary on your current lot because you are allowed to build a 2-flat, by right, on RS3 land of that size.

You have 3 months (potentially) to get it all sorted which should be pretty easy.If someone is selling a STR, that doesn't mean there are issues.

In Jersey City, it doesn't kick-in until 4-units - so for the smaller multis or single-units it is not a problem.

Quote from @Anil Shah: It doesn't seem worth it.

Alternatively if they all love the deal, that's also likely a good sign.You can get a dog of a property in a crap neighborhood that will yield a 13.6% gross cap (not saying yours is), but that certainly doesn't tell the whole financial picture of how the asset will perform.

My W2 works me until the night and doesn't pay me well or high enough.