I knew it was partially in a flood plane however with the engineering reports it’s going to require much more fill dirt than anticipated.It’s going to cost almost as much for the fill/dirty work as the cost of the land (which is probably why the original developer didn’t finish the development)We are home builders but have thought about bringing in other builders as well, just don’t want it to be a hodge podge of different designs.

People still wanted to get away and driving 4 hours to a lake house was way better than trying to get on a plane somewhere.

Once the height is determined you will be able to establish if it is possible to build above the most recent flood plane elevation based on calculations derived from the most recent “10 year flood plane map”.  

It surprises me how many potential investors are willing to put up thousands of dollars to purchase properties but can't spare a plane ticket, a rental car and a week's Best Weestern bill getting to know the city they are putting their cash into. 

You sound to me a lot like a scene from Breaking Bad, Walter White rationalizing the plane crash he caused to his students.

I’m planing on opening a Roth IRA either with vanguard or m1 finance.I was going to invest in either vtfiax,vtsax but the minimum is $3k and I don’t feel comfortable since this will be my first time and I don’t really want to take that much out of my saving right now So I will do that next year when I have more.So my question is what would be the Best to do I feel more comfortable with $1.5k I heard of the lazy 3.

We are planing to move out of the AK for a while and come back in time.

Lastly, I would make sure that I was obtaining debt for at least twice as long as I am planing on holding it.

Here’s my situation primary mortgage 330k worth 900k+ sitting at 4.375% fixed Second home (cabin) 240k loan 3.5% fixed. we are planing on moving to the cabin full time in the next 3-5 years.

As @Ryan Kelly said - buy a plane ticket and visit.