I would like to build 9 two story quads or something close to that, and probably in phases. 

From what I can tell, you might be on the right track for you in your current situation without directly being able to visit or have other trusted boots on the ground to do your due diligence for you. 

You need to go through the plans and understand the scope and details and get multiple bids for each phase directly from the subs and material suppliers.

My business partners and I are developing a 15 unit residential housing subdivision.We're looking for an excel or google sheets model we can use.We're looking at bringing in investor money in two phases, 1 phase for costs like paying back initial partners, marketing, land clearing, civil engineer, perc tests, etc, and another phase for more heavy duty stuff like purchasing the houses, build roads, install utilities, etc.Who has a model for something like this?

., better to get boots on the ground than try to buy remotely through a realtor).

Manhattan, not many ground leases in rest of America.

Many OOS investing require a boots-on-the-ground team in order to keep their projects protected both fiscally and physically.

This researcher had built his own EMF detectors and together we probed houses of the cancer patients, located the EMFs, then my job was to eliminate the EMFs through installation of a ground rod, or moving the wires creating the EMFs (usually the mains running through the ceiling).

It sounds to me like your "core 4" is on shaky ground.

Refinancing - When you purchase (as in the due diligence phase, not after closing) you need to understand your "take-out" strategy and how that will affect your timelines, and seasoning requirements.