As for your neighbors, they could have exemptions like Homestead, widow, military disability and many others that can reduce the amount of taxes.

I am humbly of the opinion that the Sun Belt is entering a phase of more moderate growth and that the 'Rust Belt of Old' is the next region up to bat. 

That kind of relationship will help things go smoothly, both in the planning phase and the handoff from when you buy to when your PM takes over.

You should try to talk to all tenants.A 10 unit retail property will likely require a full PCA from an engineering company, a ALTA survey and a Phase 1 environmental.  

Hopefully, based on actual field measurements, past project data, and estimating software, your contractor can develop a detailed estimate that lays out the cost of labor and all materials for each phase of the project.

The deal was contingent upon 60 day due diligence and a clean Phase 1 environmental assessment.

I could complete the main road in phases, build 2-3 at a time (could do more really as we have 15 right now actively being built but realistically not sure how fast it’ll sell.

I personally did not subscribe to paying for coaching in the initial phases, i believe there is plenty of free content and also books out there that can coach the early steps.

I read Brian Burke’s book and concluded I wanted to go with a syndicator who was vertically integrated in all phases and also geographically concentrated such that they were experts in one  location.

One approach that I have not seen included in the discussion is as you are still in the planning phase, you could change your approach and the facts to make it more favorable for your strategy.