I also asked if there were any special assessments on the horizon as those can make or break a deal and I'm still waiting to hear back.

Since you live in Milpitas, with regards to your Prop 13 tax basis, if you are 55 years of age or older, check with the Santa Clara County Tax Assessor.https://www.sccassessor.org/index.php/forms-and-publications/forms/60-ah-transfer-your-assessed-value-prop-60-90When I sold my long-time San Jose home three years ago, I considered my tax basis transfer options if I remained in California, but decided to retire to a state with a lower cost of living and no state income tax.

Better have a strong legal/lobbying budget as most incorporated areas won't allow such a use or at least actively discourage it.

From my assessment, they really do not have domain expertise- i.e. they don't know what it's like to manage STR's so the software reflects it. 

Keep posting and stay active on the forums.

One of my new Year's Resolutions was to be more active with them.  

I have in my leases that any illegal activity could result in immediate eviction (by preponderance of the evidence, not by conviction).

Keep active in searching them out, we had a couple guys in our fire department that bought into the program and did very well.

Feel free to send me a message as I'm active in this space in the Houston Metro.  

Find a partner and bring them the deal, take a tiny cut, learn from them and actively repair your credit.