It would be difficult for anyone to claim an STR is not residential with that definition.The difference between STR and MTR or LTR is the length of stay.  

If someone were to buy their first property without an LLC, how difficult would it be to roll that property into an LLC later?

Also, finding cash flow here can be difficult, but appreciation is real.

It's difficult to predict the direction of medium—to long-term mortgage rates, (I feel we will be seeing more inflation over the next few years), so the fixed-rate mortgage is recommended.  

Outside of this, it’s been difficult to even figure out where to find reliable contractors in my area.

I can see central bank currencies making it difficult to convert Fiat to privacy coins.

Also pricing tends to be in the $250k+ range for SFHs, so cash flow may be difficult depending on how one is financing the deal.

By sb1482 there cannot be a substantial change in lease terms but requiring notice to introduce animals, requiring keeping public/common areas free of junk, requiring her animal to be leashed in public/common areas, to require instant pet pick up in public/common areas are all reasonable terms, require the animal to not be a nuisance to other tenants (jumping on definitely is a nuisance, but I usually mean this to mean the dog cannot have excessive barking) and would be difficult for tenant to state are substantial change of terms as all those are reasonable requirements. 

I think this would be difficult for an individual to do.  

Unfortunately, NY does not offer many local STR companies due to the regulations that make STR hosting difficult.