Any red flags? 

Green is good yellow needs to be looked at and Red is there is something wrong.. you simply walk in and pick up a copy of it on the counter..

On the siding maybe do something like a desert tan with some red hue that’s a light warm and inviting design.

You take on the role of digging deep into their pro forma and grading it like a teacher instead of writing the paper yourself. 

Along with the Thousands of vacant lots in the ubran cores of the Rust belt and deep south cities that have been blighted but the lots and infrastructure exits .. problem is can you get people to live there ? 

I had to work with them to dig a conduit ditch  8 feet deep to get a transformer added.

Most of them are also not very deep, leaving many situations unregulated.

That raises a ton of red flags to me.

Sometimes a face-to-face conversation can cut through the red tape faster than any paperwork shuffle.It might feel like the city's operating without accountability, but there are folks within the system who genuinely want to help - you just have to find them.

Be wary and seek advice about everything before you dive into the deep end.