The city is rapidly growing with many companies choosing to move and develop here like Intel, Google, Honda, Amazon, Meta, etc.

I got a quote for 8K sft retail from a construction company for around $120/sft, this includes site prep, utilities, metal building erection, exterior finishes, interior insulation etc (basically build the shell from scratch).

I believed the company had liability because the allegation "should have known" was outside the policy exclusion. 

There are several skip-tracing companies out there.

Yes, this creates problems for title companies and title insurers to resolve. 

just looked at their website.. just a company buying land in very common markets were there are thousands of vacant lots ..

Most people switching from large companies like Evolve or Vacasa to my PM co are switching because of their reviews. 

That may not matter to you, but I tend to want to work with other investors, even my loan originator, realtor, title company, etc.

It's a lot easier purchasing a site that's ran as a "company" because they have systems in place, they have to, and those can be transferred with staff keeping operations in tact.

You’ll need to use a broker who can get to the specialty insurance companies.