., to verify identity of customers, bank account transactions to ensure they weren't evading taxes and many of those banks were fined heavily. 

This sounds almost identical to the financials of my future custom home (minus the exit price at $1m-- more like 3,000 sq feet at 300/ft).

Sounds almost identical to my direct mail campaign I just started.

A buddy of mine is in an almost identical situation to yours and is planning his exit from a job in finance to become a builder.

I did not want to start a new discussion on the identical topic -- hope this was not a breach of protocol here as I was actually trying to honor protocol as set forth in other forums.As I live out of town and finding a tenant for this kind of high-end property can be challenging (sometimes there are dozens of interested folks and sometimes barely a handful) I am not excited about trying to identify another.I was only going to include my complaining neighbor's contact info -- at his request.

If I sell now and buy now, I am essentially paying the same price level.If I own real estate in a tax deferred account--SDIRA, solo 401k (these are not identical, obviously).  

The flooring is done using the old belts in the identical thickness and then they are glued to cover the walls and the floors.

My office gets easily 20-30 calls a week with the identical wholesaler script to "build their buyers list".

My wife and I both work, so working from home or office would have been pretty much identical. 

Usually around 15k-25k sf with 6 identical units.