I have built LEED certified homes for custom clients in the past but not spec.

Another huge thing that possibly will happen is Las Vegas will get a stadium built and have their first NFL team.

But...My significant other and I just bought our first home, built new.

My newest SFR was built in 2000. 

Trouble is it was built in 1930, so I think I may have lead paint issues with gutting the main floorYou make a great point about a "master", the 2 bedroom unit has a master although access to it is through a bathroom on the main floor.

CA he owned and built.. that was his motto.... give me write on's you can have the write off's  LOL that stuck with me.

Building materials, year built, codes, zoning or regulations?

First time homebuyer and move up area.Avg price of rehabbed home is 180k with anything built after 1990 being 220+.

The town was built in the early 1900's and was a boom town through the 1990's.It is not that the town is lacking small businesses that want or able to lease these spaces, it is that it is a small town, and the businesses cannot spend thousands of dollars on rent, or renovations. 

Get a good foundation, Connect with like-minded investors, and then get out there and make things happenImperfect action > perfect planning.Congratulations on this first step!