You may want to look into French drain systems to divert some of the water flow and prevent soil erosion along the driveway.

Two nuggets to remember forever1. research every aspect of a piece of dirt before you buy, zoning, availability of utilities, soil condition, grade, previous land use and a ton more!!

All of my Real Estate activities work underneath my LLC.

Century 21 or Re/Max) which has made me wait a little to actually take my exam.My coworker approached me a couple days ago and said, I can actually get my license and use my General Contractor as my broker instead of working underneath real estate companies and paying all the fees.

It'll cover drainage, grading, soil/rock conditions, seismicity, and erosion protection.

Its been over 1 year since ive seen Bath County soil!

The soil has to "pert test" and each lot has to have enought land (zoning provided) to hold a septic field line large enought for your number of bedrooms each.From my time owning a mobile home park, 70 pads,  I learned that the costs of septic, power, water, moving a home ($5k to $10k just to move a single wide / double wide) can amount to $30k PER LOT not including the MH.   

If these items have been recently changed or cleaned, it would be wise to check behind them and underneath them for any possible water damage that could be causing a smell.

You must know then north is better than south, and east generally have worse soil than west, which affects property prices. 

If you have siding they'll crawl underneath it.