appliances are back ordered blinds usually landlord provides. yeah but it’s been 45 days since moving in and I have no oven or way to cook. I

You turn the stove on, but you don't need to sit for an hour and bake cookies.

If it works for you then cookie cutter it and keep doing it and be happy. 

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I never expect that a tenant will change a filter and a super high percent of people on this planet are not qualified to change an air filter with the exception of when a furnace has an EZ Filter Box where the tenant only has to open a door similar to an oven door and slide out and in a new fillter like a cookie sheet.I am a heating contractor and even I have difficulty getting access to filters.

VA and USDA are tough cookies when it comes to distressed homes.Next, we have a BP monthly meetup here locally that @Mat O'Grady heads that will get you in touch with all sorts of great resources. 

The classic children's book "If you give a Mouse a Cookie" can offer the best insight on this (kidding...kind of) Once this road begins that's when other things can happen as well and turn into  a game of he said she said.

So, they are cookie cutter with strict and exacting requirements.

Are there pre-published cookie-cutter plans I could buy and then provide to a builder?

What does the local competing supply/demand look like for the price range you are proposing.Are there "Target Demographic" buyers in the area, or will you have to attract them there.Do you know what the "Target Demographic" wants--Cookie cutter McMansions or highly individualized residences.