(I've read the book 30-Day Stay but it's not in-depth with scripts and contracts).

Then if you want more depth go to Ray Alcorn's "The Dealmaker's Guide to Commercial Real Estate".

Yes, many titles make it sound easy, and many times, the video/article is over simplified, but there are plenty of more in depth ones too.

After digging it up, loading it into a tractor trailer and trucking it down to Florida it still survived the trip and took over the gentleman's land.The barrier idea may work but l believe the depth minimum is 18".

This is absolute gold for gaining the kind of in-depth sales knowledge of a target area I'm talking about.If you want to really piss off a successful wholesaler at a foreclosure auction, ask her or him twice what he thinks the values of properties that are up for sale is, places that YOU haven't physically bothered to go to.

thanks all for your input although I'm out of my depth with all the experts talking:-)My main point was, people seem fine with doing Sub2s, even with the possibility of DOS but with owner financing they recommend that the property is free and clear.

for being one of the only states to raise taxes in the depths of the recession.  

@Austin Rutherford I dredged this up from the depths and was wondering if you ever found an inspector that you’re happy with?

You have raw land,semi developed,and developed.Raw land is where trees and everything is untouched.Semi developed is usually where they might have torn down the house and cleared some trees.Developed is where it is cleared and graded,utilities and entrance is in place and they just haven't gone vertical with any structure yet.The best use of a parcel of land might not be it's current zoning use.When you want to build on the land will factor into it as well.Example a developer might have gotten zoning and approval for a particular use.Now too many of those properties have saturated the market or the demand is no longer there.Now you have to figure out in the current economy what would work there and what the ultimate rents would be to determine a price for the land.How much dirt you have to move around to get a site ready for vertical improvements is key as well.You can have 2 sets of the same size parcel.One is listed at 300,000 and acre and the other at 175,000 an acre.Looking at face value you would think 175,000 is cheaper.You learn however that with the topography of the land to clear the site ( 3 acres ) will cost 200,000 an acre.The other parcel at 300,000 will cost only 50,000 an acre as it is relatively flat already with little to no brush to take down.So 300,000 times 3 is 900k plus 150k for clearing land is 1,050,000 to get site ready.Land at 175k is 525k plus 600k in clearing costs is 1,125,000 plus the site will take longer to get ready to develop.Land prices are down in mnay areas as well because used to a developer could form an LLC and pay any price and it the project tanked they could walk away non-recourse.Now lenders want heavy down payments,recourse,and cross collateral of the developers existing trophy properties.So now developers are real picky on what price they will pay for a property.I can go much more in depth than this about land development but I don't want to write a book here.If you have a more specific question just ask.I only provided basic info here and does not include anywhere near all development costs.

Charleston is a cool place to live and has a lot of depth to it outside of the food and beverage scene (which is really strong).