I feel the city would offer support with incentives and tax breaks since the mayor just visited us the other day to try to troubleshoot this lack of housing as well. 

I imagine there are some people who have very generous, supportive family members who fronted them some money.

Example, if my first property consumes $30k of my HELOC, my payment will be $300 the first month, then the balance might be $29,800 after that payment, so the next month's payment will be $298.00, and so on. 

So some good and some bad in this storythanks everyone for the support here!

Just make sure to consume contents here as much as possible and feel free to ask any questions you may have.

Example, if my first property consumes $30k of my HELOC, my payment will be $300 the first month, then the balance might be $29,800 after that payment, so the next month's payment will be $298.00, and so on.

For support, it cites a specific court case from 1981.From my quick review, I'm pretty sure that the IRS attorneys misinterpreted both the IRS statute and the court case, and I can see where they tripped.

I am just looking for a source to get data on the STRs for an area to help support my case if need be.

Developing land it a time consuming process, so by getting it zoned and subdivided, you have created value for the homebuilder because they no longer have to spend the recourses doing that themselves. 

The bridge is in rough shape and the engineering firm I had looked at it said that it would only support the weight of a pickup truck but would not support the weight of a cement truck or larger weights required for development or required by the fire marshal.