We still UW 8% pref but I am hearing other operators decrease this to 7% or 6%. 

Due to me focusing on decreasing my bad debts, I will have to present this opportunity to a partner who has the financing.

The fact that the property is in the floodplain decreases it's value significantly. 

It's absurd and small minded to argue that short term rentals (notice I didn't say "airbnb") decrease property value.

With a little muscle you could physically run them off yourself (friends) before you take ownership with little risk to you.  

To get such a property to cash flow, you can push the numbers in different directions by decreasing the price you pay initially (buy distressed, value-add, maybe off market), increasing rents (if currently below market or by improving the units), or by reducing expenses.

Option B would be ideal, but if you are doing a house hack on multifamily then just make sure it cash flows well in case vacancy or bad debt rates decrease. 

I believe this is a very fair item to consider in this, does the very action of standardized inspections decrease occurrences of "slum-lording" just by fact of inspection existence as potential violators know they will most likely be caught?

Your equity decreased by more than $200k, plus you lost $80,000 due to inflation.CD or Treasury Bills?

Demand has decreased for sure since early 2022, but we personally stay pretty booked, since our house offers three different sized units--a 4/2, which we book out for the big events like graduations and football weekends, the 3/1 side, which is great for small families and couples as well as groups traveling to town for work, and then the 1/1, which we only open up on weeknights between other reservations, and it usually books with a traveling nurse or someone coming to town for an interview or short work trip.