And if we are speculating, it would not surprise me if all of the infrastructure (freeway expansion, light rail expansion, Ruston Waterfront project, etc.) and proximity to Seattle ends up attracting another large employer to the Tacoma/Pierce County area.

I'm not dealing with the ossified bulk of a large city's infrastructure and politics.

Even if you have a large amount of cash at the front of the deal there is a HUGE amount of money required for infrastructural at the beginning of every phase.

I’m trying to avoid this by closely monitoring the development plans in the area.

The lot is in an opportunity zone so there are some significant grants and incentives available on land and infrastructure.

This involves driving neighborhoods, pulling data about the area, and seeing what new infrastructures are being built that could possibly make an area more favorable to invest.3.

Each time I go I see massive infrastructure on the highways, Huge residential buildings going up everywhere I look .

You have every legal right to accept payment in cash from a paying client, that's not money laundering, especially with your actions to do it in a monitored and recorded setting by banking persons. 

Can anyone recommend a licensed alarm installer for a central smoke alarm?  Building in Bergen County.Thank you

Next step is to watch this property for the rest of the year and monitor the economy etc.