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. 

A sign must be posted on the interior relating various information required by the city.

It doesn't seem to be designed for landlords.There are many products that detect dampness and alert you.  

They aren't financially responsible if things don't get fixed etc.In my area many out of state landlords designate a local partner, handyman, etc as being their "agent" for purposes of this requirement.If there is a serious issue with the property, I guess there can be no excuse for the agent not to come to the property quickly to at least evaluate and start to address it unlike someone out of state.

Houses are designed/built as rental hardened so minimal repair/maintencance for at least 15 years.

That way, all of our locks are in the same app and have the same functionality.For exterior deadbolt locks (front door, garage door), we used this:https://a.co/d/2SFMNcy For normal interior locks (bedroom), we used something like this (the ones we have are currently unavailable, but this has similar capabilities):https://a.co/d/8C6nYenYou can create codes from anywhere without the locks having internet connection because it can create them using an offline algorithm.