What is the best overall water metering company you have found when it comes to ease of installation, reliability, and the cost of the equipment and monitoring?

If you are getting financing, the mortgage company will need to walk the property for an appraisal.

One land speculation I bought 4 acres in sonoma County CA ( wine country) in 96 for 27k it was unbuildable at the time ( could not get a septic system on it) Well city grew to us The Graton Casino comes in right across the street and we sold a few years ago for over 2 mil to a land assemblage investment company.

I found it on the MLS by following an agent that relists homes for an investment company.

Yes, we get bookings from relocation companies all the time.

I will also check in with the broker who connected me with this insurance company.  

Your insurance company likely has a no smoking clause on your policy and will back you up as you suspect this.

Also do not take documents off the internet, get an attorney to draft documents for you and also always close with a title company. 

Often times when a builder/buyer moves too fast, or is too busy and overlooks a key piece of due diligence, the unethical ones will try the "scorched earth" method and blame everyone but themselves, even when they know it was their own mistake, and they'll see if they can scare you, the seller, the title company et al into paying damages/fixing their problem. 

@Bruce Lynn  Quest was bought by Inspera from Chocago in September, 2024 and is no more a seperate company.