I think when I've used the term 'earth' home or 'bermed' home, lenders envision it being made out of either recycled materials or earth.

Chad Carson's podcast on BP is a great real life and down to earth example of someone who started as a bird dog.  

I was using Google Earth to get my bearings on where each was and what they looked like, and not many were really that great to be honest.

YOu can get the appraisal and all but that google earth tool I think would be an integral part of your personal underwriting process since you can't be there.. you can google the comps and double check like your saying.

I can guarantee you he isn't going to teach you anything earth shattering or new. 

Keeping it real in Real Estate" to me means its not going to be a super up-tight formal experience with you and you're going to be down to earth and honest with me.

Once you find a cluster, and get an idea of the style, you can scan on Google Earth to find others.I'd try public records to try to get owners names.

Wizard, welcome to the best place on Earth to learn and network!

Because of the historic difficulty in locating property on the internet without and Postal address we developed a site (free limited use) called parcelfact.com This will get you to a point where you can produce good quality maps and pictures from Google Earth etc. 

It's not who I am, but it is one of my passions. land on planet earth is intensely fascinating.