See if any of them will allow you to use their address as a virtual location on the Internet.

Especially in Iowa when it is 0 degrees and 30 mile per hour winds.These properties we are doing have the Teak component, but they all have secondary values with locations, building sites, phone/internet reception, water, palm trees, fruit trees etc. 

Typical on the Internet though.

Hauling it away is the bigger task, but cleaning up after a fire is probably even more work.

You will need to find partners, you will need to travel to where you wish to invest, you will need to understand the ins and outs of the business by being actively involved and treating it like a business and not some super passive investment.If you don't want to do that work I suggest you just put that 200k into some sort of diversified mutual fund that can make you 10+% on your money without any of the work of real estate.At the end of the day this is just my advice and I'm only a stranger on the internet.

For your first question, writing a scope of work (SOW) involves detailing all the tasks and materials needed for your project.

Watch what you say and accuse on the internet.

I too at first thought it odd, that they didn't have a big internet presence, though they've been around over 6 years.

Subtract $350 for HOA dues, maybe another $400-$500 for electric and internet, and potentially water bills. 

We also set up milestones for larger projects so they know they will get paid certain amounts when certain tasks are done, but always withholding a large chunk for the very end.