I'd love to keep track of your progress- I visit Charleston frequently and have considered it but have not found any opportunity better than those available to me locally.

And to answer your questions I think you need to assess your goals and business plan.

You do not want to invest actively in (1), or even make a passive investment in an operating business, or you will hit the UBIT tax (steeply progressive, uses trust tax tables, and hits 39.6% at less than $12k of annual income) Here is a paper on ROBS, though I assume you are just wanting to invest passively (rentals, notes, loans) and a Solo 401k is probably sufficient.

It is possible to stay the demolition plan depending on how far it has progressed but this is only done with permission to cure the property so a time limit will apply.

No way of knowing until you see how the insurance company assesses the damage.

Months of sending out mailers definitely adds up.Read some articles, assess what it is you want and what fits for what you can currently do.

My Homepath investment deal is progressing but I learned something today about Homepath financing that wasn't in the literature.

Please keep us posted on your progress.

I agree with Tiger on the assessment part.

@Langston Patterson - welcome and good luck with your progress!