EDUCATE YOURSELF - yes, it will take time, but will lead to a selection that better meets your expectations & avoids potentially costly surprises!

But if you subdivide it into anything smaller than 5 acres, you may be required to plat the entire project, be subject to council approval and be required to have public meetings about the project.

I'll try to attend a meeting soon.

Certified mail is the best method, as emails usually don’t meet legal standards unless allowed by the loan agreement.

If the property has no problem finding renters that meet your standards, don't even consider deviating from your standards.NEXT!

They visited Waco on the Magnolia tour idea and saw the houses, saw the prices and wished they could have moved there and just commuted maybe 1 or 2x a month for the office meeting.   90min drive every day would have been killer, but a couple of times a month they thought wasn't bad.

I’m very clear about that with everyone up front and my reason for turning someone down is almost always that they don’t meet my acceptance criteria or that someone else who met my acceptance criteria completed the entire application process first.

Open to most types of RE including land/SFH/MF/Commercial RE as long as its mostly passive, and can meet most investment minimums/accredited investor.

When we purchase, If there are agents involved we might not even meet the seller.

Why not go see some other markets, meet some realtors, call property management companies, or network?