She was told by our local power company, PPL, that our meter base needed to be upgraded, THEN they could put her meter in (there was no meter in her unit because the previous tenant moved and it has been unoccupied for a few months).

Lenders won't require U.S. credit history however may require a foreign national credit report, and 2 trade lines opened and active for the past 2 years.

Ben, I own a lending company that offers loans for investors.

I grew up here and for the last 10 years I've worked for a Fortune 200 company in a completely different industry.  

They should be able to point you in the direction of someone local and have an idea of what the cost is.I am buying from a turnkey  company so there is no buying agent.  

I had called my two local Title Companys and asked them and one had no idea what i was talking about!

You don't need to be in the trades or have a background in construction, or finance, or anything else.

The tenant aka “the Company” originally leased the land from my mom’s (now deceased) husband.

. - Daly Construction Company LLC- Acitelli Entities

But I don't want to do this if it's not 100% necessary because then the title company will force me to purchase a new title insurance policy.