I would assume that, like interior drywall, the finish dictates the price.

Your insurance company may dictate what safety measures they require in order to provide you with coverage as a short term rental.The other thing is you are going to need a good pool service company.  

So, don’t let your investing dictate where you live.  

Tenant dictates to you how and terms of their agreement.

You will now be your own bank, whatever collateral that you bring to the table dictates the amount you can recieve.

Whether that is useful is dictated by your tax situation. 

Basically, with financing being the hurdle, whatever I can get the money for will dictate the path I start on.

Local law (adult witnesses, notarization, etc.) dictates the requirements for validity.

Those paragraphs don't dictate the notice only applies to purchases of passthrough entity interest outside the passthrough entity, they dictate that reasonable methods of allocation between the two methods of acquisition aren't the same. 

Your options will be ultimately be dictated by occupancy status, financial and credit histories and other factors.