Its already long distance but if you have no desire to be involved, no boots on the ground in anyway, it may be hard to make it work.

I love the concept especially given the need in your market for storing things like snow machines, boats, rvs etc, but also for repair or general "fab shops".As long as you are seeing the demand in your specific market for these spaces, and perhaps its worth getting some leases signed up prior to breaking ground but thats a personal preference thing, I think the numbers look promising if the use case is there.

I can't see but maybe the wooden piers are sitting on sonotube concrete piers embedded in the ground which might change things.What I would do is get with a few major local lenders and maybe ask them what they would need to make sure the little studios (that is what I would call them, not yurts) are maximized for value.

It's a somewhat arbitrary process given that if you were to build from the ground up, you could do multifamily by right.

The purchase decision might make itself clearer once you are here, have boots on the ground and are not pressured to make a decision from long distance.

Don't do any Structural type flips.Reduce the risk and start learning.If the above are to labor intensive, either buy a hill or buy some swamp ground.  

If you find the property in mid-January but don't want to close with snow on the ground, then submit your offer with a 60 day closing and you'll be purchasing it going into spring. 

Not sure where your research came from but what I was basing my perspective on, was from a professional working knowledge of being on the ground observing.

It takes some serious knowledge and work.I would not buy into an SA wine business without getting boots on the ground and doing some due diligence.

Very knowledgeable and has his ear to the ground around your area.