I am not familiar with the zoning boards, but have heard they can be very political despite an investors best intentions for the property and neighborhood.Illegal duplexes exist all over the city, and I’ve heard that continuing to use it as such is less of a risk due to the lack of enforcement by the city.

My husband works for our business full time as the general contractor, while I have maintained my position with a great corporation who has been my employer for 15 years.

I understand the liability limiting aspect of an LLC is ruined if you "pierce the corporate veil", so I want to make sure to avoid that.

And positioned to not get hurt.If anyone an make sense out of opportunity zones @Natalie Kolodij will do  it.One other option that could make sense is to take $150K cash and put it into a debt free fractional product with a long term corporate lease. 

I understand where they are coming from and the politics behind it.

I will say there's plenty of catalysts out there; Stretched labor market, high corporate debt, overvalued assets, massive government debt on almost all levels, geopolitical instability, failing pension funds, political uncertainty, and on it goes.

Without getting into the politics, it is an unsettling development for an investor if property rights weakened.So I set my sights on USA! 

Pittsburgh really does continue to attract many corporations, companies and small business owners for a variety of reasons.

Sorry, not sorry), but I wouldn't call this one of them.People's opinions about STR don't seem to have a direct correlation with their other political leanings. 

The bonds suggest that they will go bankrupt, and the politics are not friendly to landlords or businesses in general.If I moved to Chicago, I would invest in NW Indiana, I think Dallas has a much broader choices to invest over the long term, even if I think that the Dallas market is showing some signs of slowing.