Depending how much of the neighborhood is a hot zone for renting rather buying, and which Property type is performing better than the other (meaning 1bd 1ba 2 floor renting out faster and much more consistently than a 2bd 1ba 1 floor), you can make your choice of those factors as well as other ones that impact your decision for what you wanna do with your investment.

I self perform most of my construction at this point and find it very difficult to make ground up construction pencil in Philadelphia unless I am selling for $400/ft.

The bank will put a hold on them, so you can't just draw them out, so don't plan to need them for a while.This will cost you an appraisal on both properties to be performed by that lender. 

I plan to act as the general contractor for these two new units, performing most of the work myself.

Also, I just came across this post: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/921/topics/1227533-is-n...I have no idea who this person is or how accurate, but you may want to investigate if you are thinking about the UK market.

@Philip AndersonMultifamily properties in Ventura can perform well due to the area's high rent demand, but inventory can be tight.

To avoid scammers and fraudulent paystubs, I contact the applicants place of employment directly to verify that the paystubs are accurate, the company is legitimate, and the duration of the applicants employment.Why do you need TWO YTD paystubs?

As it turns out, that information was not accurate.

It won't be 100% accurate, but it will be close enough.

The benefits of Kissimmee for a newbie is analyzing property potential is very easy - you will have a ton of carbon-copy comps to look at and the online estimators like Airdna can actually be pretty accurate.