At that point you are back to the start up.Economic development includes redevelopment of existing inventories, this is generally associated with commercial development not residential with the exception of low-moderate income housing projects.Springfield had a community development plan years ago called the Vision 2020 Plan.

I am also considering hiring an interior designer to include in the improvement plan because my thoughts are to have everyone on the same page sharing the same vision from the get go.

-The prices of homes in San Diego deem it nearly impossible to own more than one decent property at a time (since I would be financing 400K in the very first property)-The prices of homes in general seem to be heading down at the momentMy vision is to own 10-20 properties down the road.

It takes long-term vision.

It seems as though, to me, you dont have a vision for the end product.

These economic cycles and the grand vision of the people in power will happen unless we the peops, remove the fed/private banking from government.

Mike, I think the first thing you want to do is narrow down your field of vision.

I do appreciate your sharing your lessons from the ordeal so at least something positive and useful, no matter how small or peripheral, was able to come from it.  

After failing to find a suitable multi-family that had workable numbers we started looking at properties with guest house / "mother-in-law" suite potential and were pleasantly surprised with the options...especially with some vision.  

I'm sure they'd be a good resource for your duplex/multi-plex development vision.