Note that there is a reason you see the collateral from banks largely consists of raw land when they have REOs. 

It was a very fruitful conversation and gave me some good direction, and certainly helped me understand the specific implications of doing this.

"Have mature fruit trees removed because they could potentially drop fruit and attract rats."

Next, you will need to understand the value of your land in terms of what its worth now (raw land value) and what it will be worth once it has been developed and serviced (serviced land value).

We bought some jelly at a fruit stand outside of Berryville on our drive to Branson MO last August and had a great time in your state.

@Michael Glunk I’d get a keurig and a creative assortment or coffee pods, stock the fridge up with breakfast type things, OJ, Apple juice, 1/2&1/2, medium size 2% milk, small fruit basket with bananas, apples, oranges, and some muffins from grocery store in a plastic 4 pack container so they will last several days.

They want to have the best looking properties in the best neighborhood however if you are a real investor then you look for a places to invest where your numbers allows you and often if you move away from the big cities there is plenty of low hanging fruits.

Dave Ramsey says “you can put your money in a fruit jar and come out better” when compared to Social Insecurity.

Since you vest in a business entity and it's raw land residential real estate rules are not the same as commercial (even though is zoned residential The disclosure you mention doesn't need to be signed and disclosures are often re-provided at closing to cover all bases, it's a he said she said- he will say he gave it to you twice.) 

Raw dollar amount is what counts.