Maximizing cashflow becomes a strategy choice that accounts for your market and tenants.

Your best bet is to get on the phone, get multiple opinions, multiple quotes, and make decisions on the type of build before pulling the trigger.

With training, it's great.Time spent varies from Client to Client, but I'd bet they probably spend ~30min answering our questions and clarifying transactions to close out the year.

Remember when land buyers pick a target, they have TONS of work to do getting that property from dirt to payday, so they know their purchase choices, and they have a war chest usually stacked up ready to go.

Looks like biting the bullet and getting an engineer may be my best bet.

Yes they can use a realtor of their choice.

This can be very expensive and is usually the worst choice because you can't justify the cost.2.

If your goal is cash flow, then your best bet may be to live in it for 2 years, and then take that tax free gain (250k single person, 500k married) and buy elsewhere. 

Thankfully development has given me an opportunity to have the financial ability to have that choice. 

I’m hoping to find more success in Phoenix, but as you stated, the old fashioned way may be my best bet.