Save the taxes on primary residence and invest the proceedings to buy 2 mid-size single familyThoughts ?

Regarding mobile homes, you'd have to figure in what size of home you can put on each lot.

Real cash flow should not depend on the size of your downpayment.

The advantages of building new smaller properties is they can be built quicker and leased up to full occupancy faster than larger properties, they are a little easier to get approval in certain areas and site work, stormwater and parking development costs can be exponentially lower per unit or per sqft as compared to larger properties requiring significant site improvements.You need to work the numbers backwards starting with estimated construction and development costs, calculate estimated GPR, back out standard operating cost assumptions of 45%, which is average for most new construction buildings of this size, to get to the NOI to determine if the project works.

. - Has listed lot size almost half acre bigger than the size in county records. 

For what you are looking for- a balance of the two- I'd look for growing, mid sized metro areas where you can get SOME cash flow, but reliable appreciation and high quality tenants.

That chart screwed my brain.. 

That’s when I switched over to TenantCloud - in my opinion, it is the best out there for small to mid size businesses.

Your codes dept can help with the permits and requirements (insulation, drywall, doors, closets, wiring, window size and heights, including if you need a licensed contractor, professional drawings, the inspections, etc).Keep in mind, if the tenant doesn't have the required number of dependents to get a 4 bdr voucher, adding a bdrm will just cost you money up front and on taxes, but not get you more from the S8 office.

They have the "back of the napkin" method for quick assessments.How do you quickly "size up" to see if a property is worth a second look?