Lots of houses have flood designation amendments if they are up against little creeks, so they wouldn't disclose any issues because they had their boundary inspected and ruled OK.

Do a search on county assessors site and with the city to determine empty lot plans/issues.  

•Do you have a safety net to weather potential slowdowns or unforeseen issues if you choose to BRRRR?

If I were to go this route I would clearly identify each of these risks individually, understand how the Govt would potentially challenge each of them and then assess in your particular fact pattern how you would effectively rebut a challenge to each. 

Do LLCs matter in these 1031/CG issues?

Money should never be the issue 

Thanks for the heada up on this issue. 

At the time my only issue was their loans appear to be backed by wall st.. so the closing docs were enough to kill not one but two trees and took way more time to sign the  whole package then I like to spend signing closing docs :)  But thier fee's and rates are hard to beat. 

I have identified properties in a particular area I want to target and want to reach out to the property owner to see if they would sell.

Sometimes, properties sold at auction can have hidden costs or issues, so due diligence is key.3.