Wishing you all the luck in your future. 

The return on the investment was worth the time spent on the project.

Rents started to come down and I had to leave a lot more money in projects that I was in the middle of.  

Local market trends: Could you share any insights into current rental market conditions and future growth projections for these areas?

"-  Section 8 rentals typically follow a purchase and rehab project. 

I'm a solid $400k/yr job in NYC and have $250k to begin investing as my first step into building a portfolio, although I don't have time to be a landlord so I have to account for management fees.  My endgame is to end...

If you are comfortable with the rezone process I would look at this, and perhaps you can still ADU in future after the rezone.

This is perfectly fine if you are going to be living there a long time, but I see people who use a home as a stepping stool home to a larger home in future and make it very customized to their liking but then when try and sell it, it does not appeal to the masses.

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Quote from @Anthony French: I’m relatively new to real estate development, having completed only one fix-and-flip project.