New construction can be costly and complicated. especially in CA. 

CONTEXT-(30k in credit card debt, split between 4 cards, mostly in charged off status)
(one vehicle loan that was charged off, is now caught up to current, not paid off, 50k original loan amount)
(some card companie...

It's good to have developers who have experience with container building but not a hard requirement since the installation isn't too complicated and would get help from the factory who make those container homes as well.I've been working with container manufacturing company who build 90% of the unit (prefab) from Vietnam and ship to the US.

Inspector that came to check work indicated it was unnecessary. 

It is now a very complicated and involved process to appear in the top 10 of any kind of Google search.You could spend tens of thousands of dollars to achieve this goal.

*One quirk that made financing more complicated: the banks got nervous when they saw that just two people (the investors I mentioned earlier) own more than half of the 48 units, and wanted a big down payment.

you are making this much more complicated than it needs to be.

Plenty of Gen Z probably will never own a house or complicated investments. 

Whatever you can do to increase your savings or increase your income: cut out unnecessary expenses, work a side job, put money into a HYSA as opposed to a regular savings account earning 0.1% interest.

The higher HOA and insurance fees have made investing in condos more complicated and not look quite as appealing, but there are still condos that can be purchased and an owner should be able to cover the cost of ownership.