I hope trust and relationships will get me through and my own due diligence and trust in myself to make the right choices.

Depending on investment goals, research, and involvement, both approaches can be beneficial in real estate investing.Good luck!

The main pro for building would be the ability to control where I live while living in the house, whereas most multifamily homes are within city limits and not my preferred choice of dwelling. 

The materials are outstanding and my understanding pre covid the networking and in person classes where very beneficial .

IMO those will be your best choice of who to work with.  

So far, I haven't received any negative feedback about these choices.

So it does so a lot of things in the marketing world that are beneficial.

You have two choices:  You can appeal them yourself or hire a law firm. 

Based on your questions above and this one, sounds like it would be beneficial for you to have an Architect on your team initially to go over all the processes for your build in your area.

Quote from @Cheng Zhong: Ocklahawa's appreciation is slow, and it's a choice you need to make based on your own needs, and I personally don't recommend you do that if you're buying an investment at this stageThank you for the response!