The permits and approvals cost at least $35K...Basically my idea hinges on the fact that the average house costs ~ $400 / sq foot in my area, but I could save 30% of the cost just by building a manufactured house from scratch on a lot.

The permits and approvals cost at least $35K...Basically my idea hinges on the fact that the average house costs ~ $400 / sq foot in my area, but I could save 30% of the cost just by building a manufactured house from scratch on a lot.

ok- I believe your impact fees (not permit fees) but rather the impact fees which are used to offset the additional infrastructure usage would be this below:1)  For school district:  (Depends on your specific district). 

With that being said, does anyone have any experience hiring a contractor/gc to "baby" us through the process (show and help us to pull permits, how to run proper plumbing, framing etc) from start to finish?

However after further consideration (as they are just a quick rule of thumb) I opted to go for a long term prospect.

Most prospective tenants are thinking that when they view the downstairs decor. 

In NJ, prospective renters are usually paying (on-market) 3.5 months upfront which makes for better tenants in most cases.

550 to put in a 220 outlet seems high, but I don't know what kind of run they have to pull, not to mention permits and possibly union scale pricing.

However, if the issues that came up were permitting or C of O, the towns are all very behind and it may be scheduling holding everything up or failing inspections.

I currently own one home that I’m house hacking, and want to continue to pick up homes with owner occupied financing as time and money permits, but also want to get into bigger deals with more units.Thank you