Carrying costs will eat you alive.The longer you hold on to the property, the more stress builds up.Visited the town planner to ensure that nothing "big" was planned - new road, new development, gas station etc.

You're simply more of a planner.

PG COUNTY HAS A PLANNER OF THE DAY  On staff each day.. you need to go down the county in person to speak with them.. they can answer your questions.  

You should take advantage of these benefits to build savings.Whether you contribute beyond what your employer matches is a different discussion that you should have with a licensed financial planner (not a stock sales agent or an internet forum).Keep in mind, once you change jobs you can move the savings you have accumulated in a 401(k) into a self-directed IRA and put that tax-sheltered money into productive assets such as real estate and private lending.

I'm working with an architect/planner on somepreliminary designs to present tothe city.

I am in a similar boat and have decided to do both.If your debt is 100% or more of your annual income or you work in a field with public service loan forgiveness I recommend you check out Student Loan Planner service.

One final piece of advice, contact your tax advisor or financial planner about the best strategies for short term investments so you don't undermine all of the work that you have done to achieve so much with your real estate business.

I'm in growth mode acquiring more and more RE and need a good Estate Planner and a better tax guy.

Yet, when i spoke to the city planner and a drainage engineer they said it would cost me an absolute fortune to redesign the drainage plan and then i would have to get it approved through the HOA and the city. 

Since 2016, [the developer] said, he has worked with several different members of the Planning Department, updating the new director every time there’s a change in personnel... the department has also seen high turnover in the position of city planner.