If something goes wrong in the transaction you are relying on the track record and reputation of the seller, and you will have limited recourse to recover your funds.Many attorneys will be able to serve in the capacity of a closing agent on your behalf.

You should probably reconsider having him serve in that capacity based on his clear lack of good judgment, or at the very least make him read the landlord-tenant handbook front to back, especially the part about a tenant's right to privacy and the part that states: "any uninvited sexual advance, solicitation, request, or demand for sexual compliance is considered harassment" (at least that's what it says in the handbook for my county and I'm sure something similar appears in most if not all).

“Best site” could be a function of location, size, price, capacity for development, air rights or any combination of those factors. 

They attorney is extremely unhelpful and refuses to talk about it in any capacity and the association does not have any real information on the situation. 

So, stronger and better insulating capacity. 

In reality though I was talking with my bank that is funding this.. and we will do 2 starts every 2 weeks.. up to 12 specs.. then pre sales don't count.. that's how you move through these in a timely manner.. our capacity right now is about 30 houses in a year.. in this market.. in Charleston I can do about 7 to 10 and in Indy I have 5 or 6 for this year.. all on lots we own.. no chasing down the next beat up old house  LOL  .. now of course this is much harder to finance than flips every HML and their brother wants to do flip financing to get a bank like get  or a HML which I get in markets that my banks don't serve you need STRONG balance sheet NO leveraged to the eye balls. 

@Tony ArdisonThere may be lots of room for more mobile homes but does the zoning allow for it and will you have enough room for drain fields, enough well capacity, etc?

All those close to the city were filled to capacity.

I mean how many agents are going to be on your dream team when your capacity is to buy one 70k house in the mid west and hope to rehab it.. and want them to do all your ground work.. time suck for agent.. that's for sure. 

That probably more accounts for the wide variety in prices more so than a GC thinking you are a "retail" or an "investor" client (though, frankly, I haven't gone out of my way, in my capacity as a GC, to charge more or less to clients based on if they are a "retail" or "investor" client).