If you were interested in meeting with him, I could arrange it and he'd be happy to tell you his experiences and what all he deals with.

What stage of the process would this be in the varied purchase options?

I do not wish to stage the unit but does any one have any suggestions that would help?

Thank you again for sharing your experience at a similar stage of the business as myself.  

The challenge I have heard with using these from the offer stage, is the time it takes for approval.

It's a very involved and expensive process that must be timed right to do correctly from my talks with companies that are doing this in infancy stages.

A trust can be acceptable under a personal loan arrangement as the trust is used for estate planning, it is not a commercial loan arrangement for a business entity.

I'm hoping to meet with the agent, and find out if he/she is open to a lease option arrangement.

Troy-If it's a desirable area a local GC/builder would probably be wiling to JV it with you if you buy the lots free and clear.They will lien the property for a hard money loan/to protect their cash input on the build and split profit with you.If you can't arrange this deal wholesale it.While I"m a HUGE fan of doing spec builds (here in Tampa) if you have to ask this question here you probably shouldn't do it without a reliable JV partner (as above)

With this arrangement, my financier in the states, will be effecting your payment deposit to you.