The land is zoned for the building of 21 units (the project was approved by the city).

We can do ADU's here, but in most zoning categories they can not be split through the planning dept and sold separately.  

Check with zoning and confirm you are legally allowed to rent out the property.  

LIFE-CHANGING ACTIONS here.STEP 1-20.You need to get you personal home rent-ready... not overboard updating, just rentable... clean and painted etc.Fix any leak faucets, loose doorknobs etc NOW, so that when your PERFECT tenant moves in, they won't be calling you to fix those.Put in new 5 Year Lithium Battery (write the date installed ON THE OUTER SHELL) of SMOKE DETECTORS (draw faint red stripes across the front outer shell of smoke detectors-- red means fire or smoke-- when the smoke clears (if the house didn't burn down) it's ok to reset the smoke detector and finish cooking dinner.ON CO DETECTORS (draw faint gray stripes across the front outer shell of a CO--teach your tenant the gray stripes mean DEATH-- if that alarm EVER starts beeping, they are to immediately raise windows , open doors and call you---even if its 2am--- A REPAIR MUST BE MADE or people can DIE-- little children and elderly go first

Thought about doing that but that would be big risk and out of my comfort zone at this time.

He said that he thinks the 203k would cover it but I should call the county and see what it is zoned.I checked and the zoning will allow for me to build up to four units so my thought is that I want to ideally build two duplexes on the lot OR build a fourplex.

And for plant suggestions we are in Zone 4/5.Thanks!

Its what ever you're happy with.BTW if you follow all of the rules above, you'll be kept out of the low priced areas often called war zones and the tough to manage areas too.  

Zoning hearings , variances , permits , hearings .

Insurance, zoning are the two big ones.