Check out other online guides available here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides3.

I personally use propwire.com for residential lists but you can get them online from tons of places. 

Study and read your local lease templateRead, read, read.Watch youtube videos online of some basic building and construction.

Here is a list of many things you need photos of that won't be available online:1.

if the timber is merch  you should get a mill in there to bid on the timber.. hire a logger.. profit you use to knock the stumps out.your civil engineer should be giving you a preliminary cost to do infrastructure normally they will do these for free since they will be designing it all.. they would be the best bet anyone on line is simply  a WAG  

I went online to look at whatever I could find and found an eviction that RentSpree missed.

As you get closer to investing, network through meetups and online communities to learn from others.

I plan on splitting this land into two 1.5 acre lots as there is enough road frontage, but I'm concerned that someone could show up and want to start drilling in the backyard.I think someone wanting to drill is unlikely for the following reasons:- the original owners are probably dead and the ownership is split between inheritance to multiple people- the lot is too small for them to mess with- there is only a single active well/pump within 30 miles from what I can see online.

Don't quite understand what you mean.Wholesaling has nothing to do with where you grew up.Wholesaling (as well as any other business) is about lead generation.I didn't grow up in NYC, and if I were to wholesale there I would dominate that market with my ability to rank websites #1, dominate online presence, credibility, and competence strategies I can apply to my online image.I think this is why so many people are "afraid" of wholesaling.Break wholesaling down into its most basic elements.

Look online to see if any properties are being offered for sale or rent with a legal basement unit and you may get a tip off.