What is the value of the raw land?

A raw lot has no approvals.As a simple example, many of the townhouse deals I work on are priced at $5000 for a raw lot, engineered at $50,000 and finished at $100,000.

I am looking for ~20A raw (but suitable for a cabin) land in the Blue Ridge/Smoky Mtn region (W/SW VA; E TN, mostly).

These leads are expensive most of the time but do pay off if handled correctly ... your investment in a direct mail drop in my humble opinion should not take 6 months to yield fruit. 

PMs pull a raw credit report (no FICO) and hand it to you anyway.

The city wants to buy my land, at the value of raw land, and I will not sell it to them at that cost.So not being wanted and zoning are not tied together.That said- read the code to make sure you understand the rules for placing homes, replacing homes etc regardless of being conforming or non conforming.

To get away from thinking about work they need to get away from each other.Anyone that has worked a business with a wife (or husband if the case may be) understands the strains.I also think there is nothing better than couples that have made it and live to enjoy the fruits of their labor.

That's some low hanging fruit for what you call "ambulance chasing lawyers".  

I am focused on buying 1000sqft or smaller SFH for $500 to $800k in silicon valley - adding 800sqft or so and making it "better than new" and sell for $1 to $1.5m...faster and lower risk than raw land development..and there are so few new houses in the valley they get a nice premium.  

Single serve stuff like Utz snacks, Doritos, Nutz, fruit snacks...a bunch of stuff.I found a local wine distributor that I can go grab wooden wine boxes for nothin, so guests can take the box if they like.