I also was banned.

Hello Doug, I am not a real estate attorney nor is this legal advice.Unless someone's state has specific laws banning contract assignments you should be fine doing the following.  

Has anyone used Shopify to build their own STR property website?

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Texas does NOT ban homeowners from refinancing their home to fund investment properties.

STR is banned from NYC.

Those property use codes may come in handy for other purposes, such as when my municipality is aiming to ban STRs.  

I opened up a case with Pacific Legal through their website but they haven't got back with me yet.

A good mix of LTR'S is a very good idea so that all your eggs aren't in the STR basket.I like tourist destinations where STR'S are heavily ingrained and almost impossible to ban or regulate out of existence.

You can create a website in seconds nowadays but I would also provide him a pitch deck to show how this works and that he is not going to have to evict you in 5 months because payments are not being made.