This vital in today’s environment.This is useful to see if contractors come to work on time and what time they leave.

I spent over a decade in multi-phasic residential development before leaving the "W2 league" of things.

Would love to meet and exchange ideas, especially since I'll be leaving the state in about a year.

At first, you won't be able to offset your W2 income with losses, but it is nice when you sell a property at a profit and all the capital gains are wiped out by losses from other properties.A huge amount of tax savings get unlocked if one of you leaves your W2 job to focus on real estate and you get Real Estate Professional Status (REPS). 

You buy the property, you give the tenant notice of a pending increase, they pack up and leave, then you spruce it up and rent it at market rate so it's a profitable investment.When egg prices double, do you think the local grocer cries in his coffee every morning about how inflation is impacting his customers?

You know your goal isn't to leave the 9-to-5, you have a great job with good scale and security.

If you plan on leaving after a year, rates will be much higher to refinance this as an investment home so doing the buy down probably wins out in that situation.

You'll also have a better time renting it if they don't have to leave their unit to do the laundry. 

"Buyers" like that will only frustrate you and leave you working for nothing. 

But I think you may be asking, should you do the rezoning, or leave it to the ultimate developer.