Around here you can get a landscape architect to design the beds for you if you buy the plants at their nursery even if you plant them yourself.

I'm a licensed Architect married to an amazing Interior Designer.

As @Sasha Mohammed had said, most banks are set up for and designed for owner occupants.

. #2 - might be cost effective although the times I've gotten quotes on this approach, I wasn't too impressed with options for control within different spaces (for instance if you have a single room studio, sure - however if you have a 2 bedroom deal you need some separate feeds and that's not what these are designed for)..

I used to spend hours driving through the neighborhoods appreciating the architect and design of the houses here. 

Missing the county designated ones (PG,MC,DC) or its just me?

Some towns in the suburbs are more lenient and do not require a master electrician signature but the experience has to be in the electrician field, luckily I work designing lighting fixtures and I'm quite often at the job sites when electricians have issues/questions with our products so I will use that as experience, my co-worker did that to start his own business as an electrician last year.

I thought trusses were designed to to be supported by the exterior walls only?   

I have the knowledge of the area, the contacts to negotiate the price, the design skill, and can get GC and local construction going.

Alternatively you can do a portfolio or Non-QM loan, these loans are designed to be in the LLC's name but require a personal guarantee.