As a Tampa Bay realtor and investment-driven professional, I’m curious to hear your thoughts on the future of our local market.

SROs are illegal in some places so make sure that you're following your local laws.

Hope to meet others in the area and get to know fellow investors.

A wholesaler came to my investment group meet up and presented the deal.

In our opinion, an investor should only work with agents that meet at least one of the following:1) Own rentals themselves for at least 3 years, at least one of them they bought below market.2) Have a 3-5 year track record of rental transactions, that they can document.3) Know how to calculate 1% Rule, ROI, NOI, etc. and demonstrate how to actually apply them to assist an investor client.4) Have access to tired investors selling their rentals.5) (what can you add here?)

Check with a local paint store (not a big box store) to ask them for options.

Does your location require those features to meet the expectations of full market rental value? 

For example, an experienced plumber may suggest putting hammer arrestors on a plumbing system, to help alleviate potential water hammer problems (knocking noise) and prolong the life of components/fixtures/appliances, but the local building code may not require them.It would also depend on what you are doing the work for and how the deal #'s pencil out.

I would just check with local zoning department to see if you need permits or to adhere to certain regulations.

I recently spent 80 hours like @Lucas Carl recommended, gathering information.I called local municipalities to confirm local areas were accepting or rejecting short term rentals.