A low maintenance condo rentable to good tenants sounds like a good starting point to me.I’m 56 and reasonably setup for retirement, so real estate is a stabilizing diversifier for me.

Because personal growth and financial stability sounded like a better combo than Netflix and takeout.

It may sound nice to pay a 6% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no additional fees.

I thought the 'add 1-2%' interest rate sounded low.

Sounds like a good situation from the employment perspective. 

You have the means to purchase and intend to offer owner financing (you) to the buyers of your lots.That sounds pretty straight forward as long as you are able to carry the loans and deal with any defaults.I don't have a background in raw land deals, so that's all I got.Thanks for the feedback and I will keep these things in mind as I move forward. 

The house itself sounds like a winner - you've got 340 in the house, it sounds like (315 you paid plus 25k of your own cash) and you got an appraisal at 515 - that's 175k of forced appreciation.

This sounds like you need an attorney to do this.

Sounds good!

2-4 unit in New England sounds like a solid next step!