This means taking days off of work to handle business, dealing with the subs and any deficiencies they may have, spending time dealing with the city, for both permits and inspections.Having GC doing everything won't entirely eliminate your time cost, but it can mitigate it to an extreme degree.My take is that if you are confident that you can be as fast as the GC in handling everything and there is no negative impact to your other business then by all means do it.

Also ask, when you submit the plans does the city give a hard time on all the stuff or just a couple things. 

I have drafted plans for covered patios and decks in Coronado, City and County of SD.

Boston is expensive just as any other major city so you might have to pivot outside of it. 

Quote from @Michael Smythe: Would only recommend on a Class A property in a city with major housing shortage.Then you are likely to get solid white-collar tenants that understand the living arrangement.Otherwise, you'll get transient type tenants that will be nothing but trouble.This was what I was concerned about. 

Knoxville specifically has some rules regarding STR in the city limits, county is a different set of rules (little more lax). 

What we found was only one other person contracted under $200 per square foot for clients and they also built within the city of columbus. the numbers have a much higher premium the closer you get to downtown. if you can't get the numbers to work my recommendation would be to get closer to downtown. we do build to rent development and single family home development and every line item is broken out. on the triples we have to build exterior staircases etc there are some things you can't really understand unless you build a lot. hope that helps but no one is going to build you for 110 a square foot. the lowest cost homes in our market at cost without a profit barely dip into 140 a square and we are in one of the cheapest construction markets and states in the country. 

Hi everyone, I am a full time investor in Kansas City and my wife is Canadian (from Edmonton).

The best areas to consider include East Point, West End, Kirkwood, Decatur (outside city limits), and Marietta, each offering a balance of affordability, appreciation, and rental demand.

A little more context would be helpful I have 70 single family in the Westland and surrounding cities.