Build the relationship with them.

What are the pros and cons of building from scratch for the purpose of STR?

They don't buy a lot, and even when they or any affordable housing developer buy land, it often can take forever for them to consider the property and then the actual escrow can be long if they are building the capital stack to buy the property. 

Determine what your financial expectations are for an investment property, run your numbers very conservatively (and for gosh sake, include room for unexpected costs, even on a new build) and then see if it makes sense.

Building the right team of strategic partners is key to effectively completing development/new construction projects.

I will say depending on the cabin build depends on the savings (log vs hardieboard).

I believe my experience in the market can be valuable for both buyers and sellers, but I'm also eager to learn more about building a strong real estate investment portfolio.I'm particularly interested in BRRRR strategy, short-term rentals, and multifamily investing.While I sleep, eat, and breathe real estate most of the time, I also enjoy sports (go Vols!)

BiggerPockets has a section just for this, Under the BUILD YOUR TEAM tab- Meetupshttps://www.biggerpockets.com/...Best of luck to you!

." -...this doesn't seem to be the case where the state building code wasn't adopted.

The game plan is to acquire the land and build a vacation home to become a vacation rental.