Tenants pay all utilities except water.

What I'd recommend doing is getting on the team of an investor focused Realtor so he/she can pump you with leads and training to get you moving.

I am pumped about this journey! 

If I were to go into the unit the day of closing and the water didn't work and the electrical system didn't work and it did when I did the inspection, would the seller be entitled to my $50K Earnest Money if I backed out of the deal?

I would also be careful that adding those egress windows doesn't create water penetration issues.

BP Fam,The property I’m dealing with has 1/4 of its foundation currently on pilings over the water and 3/4 on masonry.

I have a flip in Louisville KY that we are a few weeks out from putting it on the market, but the past owner has an overdue account balance on his water bill for $300.

So yes, typically you will need all plans signed off on by a P.E.The third common component is a study showing that the additional fill placed in the flood zone by your planned building will not significantly decrease the water holding volume of the floodplain (in addition with other permitted or built fills in the same basin).

I don't know if I would go to that extreme, I would want my guests to at least have some running water and a bathroom.

I've got a ton of folks who can pour my foundation, but I'm looking for trustworthy, independent tradespeople that could pull my water, sewer, gas, and electricity out to this soon-to-be existing slab.I wonder how you all find these folks?