I often find that 95% of people I helped are not aware of how to present their claims properly to maximize their repairs and are often fearful of this misinformation related to “acts of God” counting against them.

Before we start the development, we have some digging to do and I was wondering if anyone knows who we should approach about finding if there is natural gas, sand or coquina underground. 

If it’s a short term rental use a company called Proper (or similar).

Especially knowing that I can't even get the utilities up to do a proper job.

Additionally, I am a finance and commercial real estate attorney and I'm hoping to have the chance to develop relationships and clients in the Pittsburgh area. 

I say this because with 20k your options are fairly limited and you need adequate cash reserves to properly do REI. 

We would love to connect with anyone with local market experience and develop a mutually beneficial friendship. 

If you can find yourself a Realtor that specializes in this type of inventory you'll have more than enough options to choose from & theoretically experience a more professional closing as the Realtor would be using all of the state required forms, licensed title companies & proper deeds etc.....Now all of the above aside no matter how you come across the property whether it be Realtor, Turnkey Operator, Wholesaler or FSBO whenever you are buying a property out of state you should do a few things to ensure the experience is as smooth as possible.

Since 2009, when I first attended UB, the North Campus student housing has expended quite a bit and there are still plans on large scale multi-family developments underway. 

You can also look at a rehabilitation with an intention to rent, commercial investment or real estate development.