No dress code.

If you put down an earnest deposit, you might lose out on that if you decide to back out(potentially). look at the agreement.The more important thing is, do you quality for conventional financing?

Do you need cash flow from it for income or will light to no cash flow work if you can groundswell appreciation on a good asset?

You can get away with no sign but it does help.

Unit size is 1000 SF with an assumed $105 SF cost to build, (Cheap considering there will be no GC costs). 

Important things to look for: if you want to STR (you will make more this way) then no rental restrictions, if you plan to MTR, 30 day min works, anything longer doesn't.

The problem is no one book is going to be detailed enough for your specific state and county.Right here on BP there are lots of discussions about tax liens.

I don't think I would be interested in renting a boat or RV....I would have it too long for that to make sense.Though I own several properties, I currently have no primary residence...  

I currently have no debt and make under $100k a year.

Common problem, no easy answer:(We try to allow our owner clients to arrange their own maintenance, but have learned the hard way there MUST be limitations:1) They can't hire our people!