@Jimmy Chao A small landscape or site work contractor, with a skid steer/bobcat.

Kitchen and Bathroom renovations, adding landscaping.

Kitchen and Bathroom renovations, adding landscaping.

I would walk or drive for dollars in areas you want to live and look for a duplex or a smaller house that needs some cosmetic work (bad landscaping, older siding, long grass, etc) and contact the owners.

This will require some extra investments in the landscaping and furniture, but as i understand it can be more profitable?

If it is not a house hack, who is going to landscape the property?

Can one unit go into production (of rental income) materially sooner than the other.Make sure your workmen pull permits, when it comes time to sell, you will probably be glad they did.Watch your seasons for working outdoors, window replacement, roofs, landscaping, concrete replacement, outdoor painting, etc...Good Luck!

New gutters, new flooring, fresh paint, new appliances, waterproofed basement, patched up walls, landscaping.

Though they would have a good argument that you could have spent $200 10 years ago on landscaping and tearing down the garbage enclosure. 

You wouldn't want the house or condo units to be built into the utility easement, and you should be aware that it exists when planning your own improvements to the property in the future, but it's not that unusual to find "permanent" additions to the property or landscaping that are within the easement.