make friends.there's no rush. the worst possible thing you could do would be to put your nest egg into something and lose some of it and set yourself back.

To @Mike Dymski point about density bonus for low income they tried that with new builds and that caused a rush of permits to go in before the law was past and very few projects after the law. 

In a situation like that where they did not see the unit ahead of time, I would likely be more flexible about these issues.

It's good to plan ahead but I'd focus on that first property, get it stabilized, learn the rental business, then move onto the next property once you've got your feet under you. 

It has been somewhat stressful coordinating activities and coming up with the best plan, but I went ahead and contracted with a PA.

Its called a "look ahead schedule".The key to building a good schedule is knowing the information and the sequence the work must take place in.

Therefore Bill & Jane's vacation house in the Hamptoms or the ABC Company tenant 10,000 SF commercial build out is ahead of your development.Robert- If you do have the correct Architect for your project, then the problem is: they aren't incentivized to change anything.

What are you rushing for?

There's some who are more so there to help advise as I make my own path presumably with the ability to identify issues ahead of time.

I decided not to go ahead with the deal but alot of useful information has been offered by many of you.