While ordinances are often black and white, the process is not so cut and dry and it varies greatly between different cities and counties.Craft a contract that pays the engineering firm at certain delivery points, so you do not get in too deep on the project before you get the right approvals/or at least a good idea of likelihood of approval of your design.

We found 5 acres that have almost 2 acres of high/dry for $250k. 

Also, what happens when the well dries up, so to speak?

Out in the Central Valley, everything is pretty dry, so vacant houses only smell bad from cats or rats.

I recently permitted a home in a resort town that will be panel built and shipped on a flat bed truck to the job site and be "dried in" in less than 2 weeks.I would not see any difference in appreciation for "panel built" homes over stick frame.jeffrey gordon

I’m in sales so I was worried that that income might dry up mid project . 

An experienced attorney, financial expert that won't bleed you dry or even better a non-profit organization.

But they may be starting to become more active now that exclusion work has been completed and food sources dry up.  

If, for example, the only way to make money in an area is to work in oil drilling, the jobs will tend to dry up when the price of oil falls.

Due to Covid, most non-QM programs have dried up.