I hope you contacted BP directly about your experience with what sounds like a 🫏 agent.  

Kaushik,Before you decide, contact your agent and find out  if, by excluding the roof coverage, you are also excluding ensuing damage. 

I will definitely contact the zoning department again and get all the details. 

Luckily my best friends dad was in construction and introduced me to a lot of his contacts.

It might be a good time to come together instead of passively displaying your political views on a platform dedicated to real estate investing. 

I am contacting homeowners on the pre foreclosure list, getting contracts.

I have some contacts I can connect you with and I know they are willing to tell you their experience and might even coach you along for a little bit. 

They are investors as well and have good contacts in most markets they sell properties in, insurance, property management, etc.

It's in a rural town so I'm also worried that demand might not be as high as in more densely populated areas.I'm planning to call local banks this week to understand financing options and contact some contractors who might be interested in building additional units. 

DM me, and I will send you contacts for attorneys, lenders, and accountants they have previously used.