I missed the rest or main part of your question.

https://www.cpr.org/2021/05/27...In Summit County, and communities surrounding Frisco, there have been some recent developments in the investment space to address the workforce housing issues by limiting Short Term Rental licenses, saying that will restore more community feel and provide more supply to workers and long term renters.  

it has been massaged and added to as things change on a local level. 

The reason why that's a positive thing is, with a bit of recently gained Insurance Policy Knowledge and some estimate writing skills, we were able to have all the damages covered by insurance, giving us a stepping stone to both restoring the property and building our rental property empire.

This can be way more cost effective than calling a smoke and fire restoration contractor that is used to just trying to max out the insurance. 

. - I learned that a VA loan is only "fully restored" if I sell the property.

Be sure you make sure that any contractor you choose is versed in fire damaged restoration. 

New housing all but stopped, while the future demand for housing continued to develop unabated: folks didn't stop growing up, completing their education, getting married and starting their families simply because of what had happened with the economy.Economists of the day predicted a shortfall of housing supply amounting to 5+ years of housing starts / building new homes and apartments by the time "starts" began to recover, and a 10 year shortfall by the time the "ramp back up" restored some of the momentum in housing prior to the crash - basically, where we are now.Needless to say, no one anticipated COVID and the related impacts on the population and the economy.In my view. we're seeing a multi-faceted issue because of all that's happened since the crash, not to mention the impact of the crash itself.My $0.02 ...

Can anyone recommend a company to repair water & mold damage to a property located in Western Suffolk County, New York?  If not, how about a general contractor / construction co?

If you look up masonry restoration you get more hits that can do that and future work for you.