Good HML's in ground up or rehab will provide a very easy/handy way to request and distribute draws using something like Built, which we use and it gives our borrowers and our team a single source of truth for all things draw-related. 

Spain where we were at you couldn’t build out in the country side unless you owned a lot of ground.  

Otherwise, you should be more active and flip homes or develop ground up which is far from passive. 

It isn't jumping out of the plane that hurts, in fact it's a pretty nice view, it's hitting the ground that does the damage. 

In-person behavior can be grounds for rejection, would suggest documenting the behavior and related risk to further protect yourself.

Start with a standard offer, and write a contingency into it for electricity, all the below ground utilities, and then work your way to zoning, permitting etc.

The seller had the place for 10 years, in the beginning the tenant was 83 years old, figure the tenant would die in the few years, or move to a nursing home, never bothered to renew leases like 5% of $90, that he left it alone since he had 4 stores paying crazy market rents on the ground floor.

Most articles I've read recommend taking a trip to get boots on the ground.

There was some interest in starting something up but I do not think anything got off the ground. 

Always excited to connect with others building something from the ground up!