A few of them also mentioned that they don't really expect this to affect the housing affordability in the county, but do believe that STRs can affect the quality and integrity of the neighborhoods in the county which they want to preserve.  

Thanks so much for the mention, @Jonathan Greene!

As mentioned before, you can get away with paying for the draw money, but not using it. 

If you do have large gains you’re allowed to combine them as mentioned above.

You mentioned "The only problem is that these are 6 month lends, I'm 1.5 months into this, so any work that I do now will not reap any kind of benefits until 6 months from now."

As Pat mentioned you have a lot more flexibility with home 1 because it has no mortgage and is not owner occupied.

And now I see it mentioned here and in newsletters as an up and coming place.I’m a huge fan of industrial neighborhoods and buildings and it has a cool little district.

Here's a bit of visualization/data on some of the markets mentioned in this thread.

But maybe your tenant reaching out and mentioning that they're going to be forced to file a police report for fraud could generate some traction...obviously the real objective here is to just get the seller to call you back...

I have yet to have a guest ask for a refill or mention the quality (I tried to pick a nice-looking, not-too-expensive brand).Be careful with the scents -- I had a run of people pulling out and hiding the scents and one or two people complained that they were scent-sensitive in private notes.