In stocks, those things can help you, but they can't add value to the investment itself.That is true, but you can't reinvest income from your real estate and have more of it without altering your risk position like you can stocks/ETFs.

And you cant elect anyone who could alter the blueprint.

Is the minimal lot size available without altering current property? 

The HOA Declaration of Trust it states the following:  "No unit owner shall make any addition, alteration, or improvement in or to his unit or any portion of the common areas and facilities to which he has the exclusive use, which may affect the appearance, structure, or mechanical systems of the condominium, or which is otherwise restricted by the Master Deed without the prior written consent thereto of the Trustees.

In the sales contract it typically reads as you’re accepting current tenants-did you add anything into the original purchase and sale agreement that would alter that? 

I was not aware of that, and it could very well be true, but because this was not something we altered during the renovation, I don't feel it's our responsibility to address it now, after the home is sold.

I'm trying to us my VA loan in conjunction with the VA For alteration and Repair Loan.

Motion detectors in common areas may not be adjusted, altered, obscured or disabled.

But you cannot underestimate how much that commute is going to alter your schedule and life until the rehab is complete and the unit is rented. 

Will it alter my taxes?