It sat on the deck and we reinforced it from underneath with concrete pillars.

It is zoned for residential, I know I have to get a soil test to put septic on the land.

Make sure you do a sewer scope, we ended up having to do a big repair 6 months after purchasing with a break in the sewer line underneath the road.

Of course the best case scenario is if you have old wooden floors underneath the carpet; in that case you should bring them back to their former glory.

Leaning towards a subtle off-white board n batten with black gutters, doing decorative lumber over the front porch posts/railings, and vertical iron bars or cable railings underneath.

We are rerunning lines underneath the house with better quality lines that's why the estimate is at 6k now.

Yes I own the deed outright and have about 34k in Soils, site plan, driveway, and septic & structural engineering and architecture.

soil studies, engineering, architect, and all on & off site improvements Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

A good engineer will also have connections with great soils testing, surveying, etc.If you are new, the engineer won't want to waste time on a project before you have purchased the land, so you are probably going to have to sell yourself and also pay them hourly for their due diligence work. 

The water coming out of the end is going to erode the lawn and soil.