Also, our property is 10x the size of most in the city at 1.75 acres.

@Joseph Braunthis is not unique to Baltimore, i think this is a feature of many cities, including most rust belt cities. 

Hi everyone,I'm going to be building a portfolio in Kansas City and at the start, the properties will be multi family targeted at MTRs.Does anyone have recommendations for legal counsel / prep on contracting for those? 

However, if you are an investor involved in multiple cities, you might prefer a lender who is licensed in various locations.

I was thinking I'd buy an acre of land that has city electricy and water available, and pay that off so that it can be used for collateral one house at a time.  

If it were me, I would look at other cities in the Bay Area. 

I of course could get the property re-zoned but that is a long, tedious, and expensive process.I called the city twice about this and both times they told me that with R2-1XL zoning I can have 3 ADUs, 2 detached and 1 attached.

https://www.noradarealestate.com/blog/best-places-to-invest-...The cities on the list that we have invested in the past are Atlanta GA, (Not Atlanta property but some of the surrounding burbs); Dallas Texas; Orlando & Chicago. 

However every people and every city has its own intricacies, what's normal in area X doesn't mean it's the normal in area Y. 

yeah, down in Panama city beach, most places have something similar, charging for parking and you get wrist bands for your stay too, and that is all handled by the complex.