As stated above brush up on the local city, county and state laws.

Hello, I am looking for the best financing options for a second home which intend to buy land and then build.

Go to the build your team tab and find one here on BP! 

I look forward to continuing to learn from the BiggerPockets community as I navigate my real estate investing journey.I’ve had some success on the eastern shore of Maryland, though even that market has started to frankly become expensive, there are still pockets of potential growth both rent & appreciation, thoigh it’s becoming harder to find, also there is a massive rental shortage out there, a county I just put a property contract on, literally has 3 properties for rent right now, but it does make rental comps quite difficult, outside of that I’ve started looking a little more into western Md and some southern pa markets but still trying to get a feel for them, overall I think in this market places that are affordableish and have some draw will do well with the continued wfh + affordability crisis but keep in mind while I think the eastern shore is actually fairly safe market for the most part a lot of rural areas definitely have boom bust potential and in theory more risk than dc metro, though the low price points do by definition tend to mitigate some of those risks. 

Older buildings likely have nothing but one layer of sheet rock between the floor boards/joists and lower level units.

I plan to one day aquire apartment buildings for rental income.

Does it surprise you that building materials would also increase? 

My biggest deal is a 6plex and I'm now looking to scale into 8-12 unit buildings. 

I am currently in the mix on picking up 2 apartment buildings and a duplex in Minot ND. as well as starting to buy fixer uppers and remodeling them. i would love to connect with Minot investors and talk about property managers and who is preferred in the area. 

And then shared that most people don't understand how much work it really takes to build up a portfolio.