Structural work (taking out load bearing walls, etc.)2.

-Removing 20' of bearing wall and heading off with LVL's to open up space-Jacked up and leveled house and installed lally columns-Poured new footing for lally columns-New roof-Complete gut and remodel of bathroom including removal of joists and reframing and a complete new layout including all new fixtures, tile, vanity, etc. 

From what I've seen, the main things to look for when searching for land is if the land can have septic (perc test) and if the land is suitable for agriculture (soil tests). 

Bear with me.

It doesn't bear close examination, but the whole is good.

It is not worth the time or hassle to put it into an interest bearing account in my instance.

Decided to sell for variety of reasons but mostly because bears make money, bulls make money and pigs get slaughtered.  

I had a dream, so I decided to bear down and make it work. 

It says that the landlord must keep the security deposits in a "separate" interest bearing account from a Massachusetts bank.

If you had a gas explosion you could have a situation where you may need soil remediation; this can be very expensive and absolutely destroy the value of a lot.