@Scott Innocente: I don't disagree that there will be more technology jobs, but doubt they will one-for-one replace manufacturing jobs.

I doubt the seller’s improvement changed the taxes.

i doubt you will be able to generate enough commissions from "investor" transactions, especially early on. 

yes it would take a retooling the industry and industry standards no doubt..

Once this is split into 1.5acre lots and houses are built I doubt someone will try to find all the heirs and try to put a pad behind one of the houses.

(This, of course, depends on one's assumptions about future appreciation; the prospects of which I have my doubts.)

I would go to the pest control company and ask where they were authorized to install these screens on your property.I doubt you're going to get $3k from anyone, but did the roofing company say what the $3k is for and why a handyman can't just go up for a few hundred bucks and remove the screens?

again, maybe you find something on the MLS that is mispriced, and so it works, but i doubt you'd be able to move fast enough to lock it down, since you're so far away. 

I doubt weed smoke is different from cigarette smoke.

What drove you to start despite the doubts?