Most big builders buy parcels of land to build out communities, small builders by individual lots in advance and build spec or custom homes and they try to sell them through the building process by direct marketing and word of mouth Hope this helps..

You don't have to assume on insurance - your agent should be able to give you a quote from the parcel sheet.

Food for thought.

For example: I was looking at a home on the Nashville parcel viewer and it appeared that the entire structure was completely covered in a flood zone.

Is the house on the 3.84 acre parcel?  

I don't see a need to change anything but to the point of it being a legal 3 family... my understanding is that it is a legal 2 family with a sfr ("Cottage") on the same parcel.

This aspiration will initially coexist with my career in Food Services. 

Very good brain food for the day.

Those veterans that, unfortunately, fall into the trap of thinking it's normal for 30%+ of one's income to go towards car payments while on active duty (where this is perfectly normal), generally cannot qualify for mortgages until they realize that this is only normal in the military where you don't have to pay for housing, food, etc.I could do an entire rant on how/why the military is doing a disservice to the troops by allowing this irresponsible car behavior to be normalized among 18-21 year olds (& in far too many cases their junior to mid-level NCO leadership), but that wouldn't be helpful to OP.

As stated above, except for any food or drink you happen to order, there is no charge to attend.