I'm not talking about staff...you could walk into the planning department and get all smiles and thumbs-up. 

(A) The homeowners' association shall maintain and preserve in its office complete and accurate books, accounts, and records as the department may reasonably require to determine if the association is complying with the provisions of this chapter and rules and regulations adopted in furtherance of its provisions.

If so, consider having a broader discussion with whatever department passed judgement and frame your business in the broader context of RE investment vs.

I am curious how these forms cover a landlord assets better than the Arizona Department of Real Estate forms do?

I know this was posted some time ago   I am a short sale negotiator  and  former loss mitigation employee having worked in a short sale department.

I also need someone to help me understand the process for applying Department of Housing and Community Development multifamily rental financing programs.

@Josh Oden there is a real estate department at Texas A&M that tracks real estate data that may be helpful to you. 

that will trigger all kinds of other departments and taxing authorities. 

In all these cases, I called their respective cities to see if the properties could be legally converted into multi-fam, to which the zoning department said, basically, "no" for various reasons.

You might call the fire department's business office.