As a civil engineer with expertise in road design, I am now looking to shift my focus to land development.

I'm a MEP design engineer looking to expand my investment portfolio and I'm just getting started and trying to learn all that I can.

If I elect the entity to be designated a S-Corp, I do not want to be obligated to pay any shareholder/member a meaningful salary.  

Members can add additional protection by forming series LLCs to hold each real property or business entity.A series LLC is a designated “series” or “child” LLCs from the original LLC aka parent LLC.

Unfortunately, Marriott generally restricts franchisees from incorporating other businesses into their interstate properties, although they do allow for more creative designs in urban markets.According to the STR report I commissioned for the five closest competing properties, their occupancy rates were 73% in 2022 and 75% in 2023.

my key question was around trustee for these land trusts. i can work with the specific legal company to have their trustee initially, and then have a resignation deed which designates me the successor. should i do all this or just have myself as the trustee from the start itself?

Have a developer working on designs at the moment to see if even possible with city codes.

We empower local entrepreneurs and investors to transform underutilized properties into awesome community assets that benefit all.I love your why and totally get the introvert/engineer comment too ;) It's very common amongst the civil engineers (and entire design team) that I hire on deals. 

Ultimately you need to put in what the masses will like and not what you like.I do a lot of contemporary designed homes and some of them get white shaker cabinets while others get grey shaker or some other contemporary style and color.

Either you have MORE grit, and are the one wearing down life to shape into you're design....Or life is grinding down you.