My interests were never really engaged in school so I decided to save myself from an eternity of debt.

Cost of lotAny costs associated with getting lot ready to buildAvailability of utilities (if not to the property, cost to install) Design costs (actual design, engineering, etc.)

Many duplexes here are serviced by a single water meter and, by design of the plumbing, difficult to impossible to sub meter.  

Everything from:(1) contract a property manager, (2) analyze lenders apples-to-apples, (3) engage your contractor (and I've even included a document for your contractor to use to provide you itemized bids on work - no more guessing what you are paying for), (4) a lease agreement, (5) a "checklist" of business incorporation items to launch your real estate LLC and (7) even a BRRRR deal analysis spreadsheet so you can know right away if you'll be making a great deal.These legal docs are enforceable in all States.

My ever-present entrepreneurial spirit had always been accompanied by a love of real estate, architecture and design, so it was inevitable that someday I would begin developing on my own.

However, instead of searching for replacement property on their own, the investor would identify and acquire a fractional interest (tenant-in-common interest) in real estate that the REIT has already designated. 

Depending on the dryer design, something like an errant dryer sheet or sock or scrap of fabric may have escaped the drum and fallen into the air piping in the dryer. 

My gut feeling here is that you are not engaging in the practice of negotiating for the buyer nor assisting the seller in marketing the property.

That is also by design as the REI or guru bunch have a second class and a third and a forth........guess what, you never learn real estate you learn investor folklore.Trying to follow some system puts you at a real disadvantage.

Their rationale is that older (built in 1962) houses were designed without gutters so there isn't the big need for them.