Even better if their under developed for the zoning: I have one client in particular who purchased a 10k sqft lot in late 2017 for $450k with a dinky SFR on it, and did preliminary plans showing 6 units (from a draftsman, not an architect), and flipped it for $750k a year later.

I am in Milwaukee and am in the preliminary stages of selling my duplex.

Plenty of transactions occur involving account numbers.I'd wager that if you had the funds yourself and waived all contingencies... you could directly wire the money either to the bank to pay off loan or to the owner... skipping the escrow.

For preliminary analysis you may use 5.5% rate for both bridge and permanent loans. 

I'd love to have a phone conversation with someone.My preliminary research shows that it's a good place to invest from an economic perspective, but are the deals hard to find there now?

This is all very preliminary, I haven't been inside the property or spoken to the owner yet, but I wanted some outside opinions to tell me if I'm totally off my rocker before I spend too much time and effort on this particular property.

If so, they may do a preliminary check for you regarding liens.

Check on your local meetup or swip swap groups and I'd wager you will find some groups wherever you live if there's a strong REI Community that play them

If you are working with a legitimate hard money lender you should be able to receive an offer with preliminary information provided and no money out of pocket.

(A recorded trustee's deed (or similar alternative) confirming the amount paid by the grantee to trustee may be substituted for a settlement statement if a settlement statement was not provided to the purchaser at time of sale.)The preliminary title search or report must confirm that there are no existing liens on the subject property.The sources of funds for the purchase transaction are documented (such as bank statements, personal loan documents, or a HELOC on another property).If the source of funds used to acquire the property was an unsecured loan or a loan secured by an asset other than the subject property (such as a HELOC secured by another property), the settlement statement for the refinance transaction must reflect that all cash-out proceeds be used to pay off or pay down, as applicable, the loan used to purchase the property.