Just make sure you contact planning and zoning as well as environmental health for the septic as well as water testing. 

NO sales tax and so much land in ag and timber defferral so the revenue to run all these municipal items came from   YUP  Timber Harvest and Severance tax's so when the Fed got on the spotted owl and other environmental issues it hammered the rural counties as timber revenue dried up jobs dried up and those little logging towns that dried up with them or are now even today basically at the poverty level..   

Hence gun makers, tobacco companies, polluting energy companies all make legal profits at the expense of society, the environment and the general public.

I am out of the area (for now, moving to VA soon) and looking for a cash off-market deals with the following criteria, and wonder if in this market those could be found:- under $120K- needs only cosmetic renovation ($10K investment or so)- 2+bdr/2+bathrooms (ideally 3/2)- 1500+sf- ideally built after 1980 (to avoid environmental inspections)- not in flood zone- in a safe middle class area- Virginia Beach or Chesapeake, maybe some Norfolk but in better areas If I look at MLS, of course everything is much higher. 

Limited Environmental Issues6.

Many environmental and zoning issues can limit what you can do with it. 

Just wait for the applicable environmental departments to start throwing their weight around.

We use Aptive Environmental and pay $120/quarter (not sure what they are charging now).

What kinds of environmental studies/inspections should be performed?

I'll add - Although the note is secured, the wholesaler is taking on risk that the flipper won't perform on the project, risk of title flaws, permit issues, entitlement issues, environmental issues, unpaid taxes, etc.