Essentially, any lawsuit brought by any party, even if it were a result of the PM's failure to act, will be your problem and you'll pay all the PM's litigation costs.

Please keep this discussion civil and non-personal.

BP is a great place to network with others in your market to get reasonable and responsible contractors....and even test them out on something smaller first to get an idea of responsiveness and pricing.The US is one of the most litigous places in the world...and usually the only winners are the lawyers.  

Probate records,civil records, mortgage records and et cetra) of what is going on.

My wife is 21 and will be going to get her Civil Engineering degree at the University of Houston as soon as we return.

Does anyone know if you need to have Soil testing done get an EIN or get a civil engineer to build an ADU on a property with an existing SFR? 

Either way, you would need to bring out civil engineers and architects to determine the feasibility of building on either lot, but the Amesbury listing looks like a standard level lot, so logistically it will definitely be a quicker process than the Brockton listing.You can do a lot of the legwork yourself to speed things up. 

Bank accounts may be for free, but CPA's don't work for free, and foolish to try DIY if you got so much at stake.For my business that's in an LLC, my insurance agent wisely had me down with an endorsement that covers me, because around here litigants sue the LLC (or S-Corp, C-Corp) and the owners behind it as a matter of course.

I don't think I have ever dealt with more stupid in my life and I work in civil construction.I personally can not see how anyone can make money at the current rates of the land or even purchase a ready-made property. 

From www.com.ohio.gov/documents/Spring14REdiscipline.pdf ... for UNLICENSED ACTIVITY, "ordered to pay a civil penalty of $930,000.00 for ... renting, leasing or negotiating the rental or lease of the subject property..." and "...a civil penalty of $1,499,000.00 for "... renting, or leasing or negotiating the rental or lease of the subject property... " In some states, they stake the definition of brokering on your "gain" or compensation or attempt for compensation.