We live in California at the moment and I have W2 job and my wife a small online business.

The online tools are a good way to get a ballpark number and can sometimes be close to accurate, but a PM is able to tell you a more accurate amount. 

You can file online now, a trip to the courthouse isn't necessary until the hearing.

Many now and for many years now have had restrictions on rentals. 

If your local municipality has an online court records, go to their website and look up both criminal and civil histories.

High rates are here for at least the medium-term (1-2 years), so deals will have to pencil in this current environment.You may also want to consider hard money for your lending, as they can often fund your construction with far fewer restrictions than a HomeStyle loan.

So we restricted local landlords who rent to families, and soon the town will experience the very real repercussion of no one wanting to rent to families and professionals.

It would be nice if you gave them more than that, because it takes a lot of effort to move a business (online marketing, business cards, etc.).

This restriction limits the number of homes we can build and impacts affordability.If we were approved to develop more 40-50 ft lots, we could build more units and provide a more affordable product. 

Atlanta MSA is great and growing, but Multi-Family supply coming on line there both now and through next year is significant, wouldn't this be a better/cheaper deal 1 year from now?