Basically, you can't STR an entire home here, or even an ADU, and can only STR out a portion of a home that you reside in.

Our opinions should not make a difference, if you're doing your diligence properly.You'll just get realtors, or real estate professionals, from both locals promoting their area based off a keyword search for posts like this.

This leads you to really having to target buyers who are looking for the home as a private home and not selling onto another rental investor.

We plan on starting renovations on the unit in X (I would say a date but in reality have a 2-3 month buffer), and based on this we are no longer going to be renting the unit out.

We've built, ground-up, several homes and my mortgage company finances tons of new construction projects.

Also looking to build a solid Long Island based team (Agent, contractor, lender).

My home is definitely going back to SOF at Fort Liberty (Fort Bragg NC)!!!   

However, based on your timeline, it seems like your decision may have already been made.

Many people have asked & proposed to build such a data base.

There is a solid argument of course for MF investing and scaling based on NOI.