But we officially went live on Airbnb/VRBO Thursday Feb 9th around 10 pm.

Any document from the court will be officially marked.If what you shared is correct, this guy is playing you for a fool.

I don't have the complete terms of each option, but before I officially apply, I want to make sure I'm asking all the right questions and thinking about each component part. 

I agree with @Nathan G. larger companies are able to do this because of a scale of resources, systems and structures and connections to local government officials, zoning boards and tax breaks.

I wish I could find official state websites (not private websites like from an attorney) on this.

I have been reading BP posts for a while now and figured I would make myself "official."

Loitering outside the meeting room when the session is happening is also discouraged...if you want to have a conversation with someone instead of watching the lecture, then go to another part of the building (lobby, outside) to avoid annoying the event organizers who are trying to keep the event running on time without disruptions.

it's actually a matter of whether or not you were officially the landlord at any point in time. 

Use them...have them lobby the deicison maker.Good luck and best wishes.

If it passes code then I would assume the local building officials there have researched enough up on hurricanes/pests to approve it with confidence.