Start with a standard offer, and write a contingency into it for electricity, all the below ground utilities, and then work your way to zoning, permitting etc.

Pick solid operators and solid asset classes.We syndicate self-storage projects.

The same was being said 15 years ago and we went from this huge shortage to being able to pick almost any home you wanted for 4 years and we were not building anything. 

It SEEMS ( I of course don’t KNOW) that the subject of the threat was called out, didn’t want to admit the truth, and when the subject was pursued decided to pick up his marbles and go home in the way of 5 year olds.  

However, if you've picked up on signs of potentially problematic behavior during your interactions, you might be able to highlight them by adding “good tenant conduct” to your list of standards. 

The “work around” in those states requiring licensure is usually to utilize an incensed mortgage broker in that state as originator/broker while you’re the lender.

Then I would speak with a land surveyor or civil engineer to get a sense of what it would take to obtain all the entitlements and bring in the utilities, etc.     

You say things like "It was understood that I would continue to utilize the garage and one room for storage as I transitioned to living out of state."

As this approach uses very little documentation, it is the least reliable methodology in preparing a cost segregation study.To see all of the steps included within each method, refer to Chapter 3 of the IRS Cost Segregation Audit Techniques Guide.What methodology has your company utilized?

At the numbers you are talking about and where the market is heading you could pick up some very high quality NNN national credit tenant properties as commercial continues to recover.