We focus on Venice up to Bradenton areas and similar to you we focus on the full spectrum of real estate.  

In the commercial world, Class A space brings a much lower return than Class B because the risk is so much lower.In residential, the lower income the neighborhood the higher the return, and the higher maintenance the tenant base is along with that.You have to figure out where you are on that spectrum and the return that is acceptable to you accordingly.

Hello all I'm new to the investing end of the spectrum however not to real estate I'm a Realtor here in the Atlanta area.

RE covers a very broad spectrum of learning and it will take years for you to really get it.

On the other end of the spectrum, buying it personally and living in it for one year will allow me to sell it without paying taxes on the profut.

I've always been shocked to see this, but if you want new construction on the lower end of the spectrum, you can actually get that for around 102% of market.  

However you are looking for the opposite end of the spectrum.

There is a wide spectrum when it comes to agents and many are constantly busy so you are smart to show up prepared.If I were you I would try to narrow down what type of investor you want to focus on and try to stick with it.

But two are very different places on the real estate spectrum. 

On the opposite end of the spectrum, you could assume significantly longer time periods for construction than your team indicates, but this will erode your financial returns due to overly conservative (meaning higher) amounts of interest carry and pref returns on equity.