The seller should not be expecting you to be the buyer, or surprised when you aren’t. 

In agreement with the City of Lebanon, we will redevelop ~35 acres into 242 lots for ranch-floorplan duplexes and SFRs, available for purchase by retail and investment buyers.

What off-market really means is that the seller refuses to sign an exclusive listing agreement with an agent but tells the agent if they bring them a buyer, they'll payout a commission.

Secondarily, if I had a buyer for the land before I close, could I structure the purchase to include them without doing a wholesale deal?

And we fail to realize that there are others countries in the region where investing in cash is more profitable than investing in the US or Canada with a mortgage.

When you do that, you can get better pricing and leaves less room for error.The best advice is to push forward as quick as possible, fail forward, and always continue to introspect on what you would do differently and then ACTUALLY go back and implement that change (easier to say than do).

Looking for advice:We just closed on our first sub-to deal as end buyers (woo hoo!).

Staging is the process of arranging and decorating your house to highlight its best features and make it as appealing as possible to potential buyers.

I’ve worked with several first-time investors, including out-of-state buyers like yourself, and it’s 100% possible to build a successful short-term rental (STR) business even when you’re managing remotely.

Find your cash buyers via propstream, batch leads etc.