It's too awkward for us to yell at the person buying our house.

I own a lot on Gause Blvd. in Slidell, LA which measures 30 x 280. 

In Colorado, we also have the HUD FMR but each PHA will publish its own Payment Standard and Utilities Standard for what they are willing to pay on a voucher. 

Thanks for your reply, but doing your own comp takes a while and may not be accurate.

Then I would co broker deals with someone experienced in the field, learn as much as you can before you start venturing off on your own. 

There are ways to conduct a one-time restoration of benefits, or to restore benefits, but those require you to refinance the existing mortgage into a conventional loan, or no longer own the home, so they probably aren't worth it with your current scenario. 

By working with other real estate investors and building up your experience, you will definitely become a better investor and be able to apply your knowledge and experience to your own investing pursuits.

Has anyone had luck putting up “we buy houses” lawn signs of their own?

My advise is to start with single family or a small multi-family ground up project first but this market environment is truthfully not the time to be completing any ground up projects unless you are self performing the construction which it doesn't appear you are in a position to do.There was a recent Philadelphia  forum chain started by someone else who was contemplating ground up in a similar fashion to what you are proposing and I cautioned they would be better off buying something that was newly built and believe after conducting their own diligence realized it was too cost prohibitive at this time to build with 3rd party GC's in Philadelphia when also accounting for the interest rate environment and cost to build.

The property is located close to a hospital and made it perfect for us and our community by providing a family-owned property to traveling nurses.