Raining means a low pressure system holding the smell close to the ground  , your neighbor could be smelling sewage from a number of sources , vent pipes , other neighbors , a sewage spill blocks away , or a neighbor that ate beans and fried eggs . 

Currently out.Now that sewer tie in issue has been removed they ate ready to sell, but is their value in leasing the land so that someone else can go through the development hassle?

After a series of unfortunate events, that ate up nine months of time, the owners decided they wanted to cut their losses and sell the property as it sits (now fully gutted from our time there in March).That's where I stepped in and threw out the idea of me taking it over completely and keeping them on as a private money investor funding the deal.

But I made some progress, networked with another fellow investor, improved my deal analysis skills, worked out regularly, ate healthy, and identified a potential deal. 

In 2008-2012, the market ate Builders’ lunch.

Ate there any areas that you would recommend?

"My dog ate my homework!" 

I think if you set up a solo 401k at E-trade you can do a loan against your 401k.

Landlord ate the cost and then had the line completely disconnected (which is my recommendation so the valve cannot be turned on.As mentioned as for an abatement on the sewer portion.

I spent last weekend down in the valley running around....spent a while in that area, played disc golf and then ate in Gilbert.