You are not buying a brand new house .

Get a good architect first and design what you need don't jump the gun. 

Our goal is to design/build a house that can legitimately be a big SFR or a Padsplit property.

It's designed to ensure someone nearby can manage things responsibly.Your plan to hire a local person for emergencies and other tasks is a great workaround.

Skyline (Designed for institutional investors and asset managers focused on commercial portfolios). 

I’m brand new here, got the recommendation to join this site through a book I listened to on the way to work today.

And most importantly how do design your landscaping?

1. coaching- all of the "coaches" were newbies themselves with about 1 year of experience and about 1 deal under their belts and they always disappear after 2-3 months and get replaced with new "coaches".2. networking- they have a FB group, populated primarily by other newbies. go there to answer questions, and it's likely you'll get other newbies saying "good question". there are lots of newbies hoping to get into a deal, but who wants to put together a team where every single person is brand new with no experience?

I am a former interior designer and did a great deal of work staging homes for sale.

From what I can tell online, the RF1 zoning district is designed primarily for single family row houses (like townhomes).