Contact the county or local planning department to see if there are any issues with building on the property - bring donuts and make friends as these people will make or break you.If you are unsure of the borders of the property, then have the seller order a professional survey be done.If there is a Department of State Lands or similar in your region then find out about any special delineations on the property.Find out about power.

Also ask direct lenders their opinion as they tend to have less formalities and fees than a bank.

Our target markets are Mid-West (e.g. states bordering Iowa) and Mountain West (e.g.

I was looking to move just over the border to Indiana where the cost of living is cheaper.

I've never lived there but I'm right on the border of Indiana about an hour or so away in Danville IL so I visit often.

I am working with a buyer who has found a business right over the border in Oregon where I am not licensed as a broker.  

What this exercise might find is:- Contractors willing to communicate and go through formalities of estimating- How hungry the contractor is for work- Which contractors answer your exercise most professionally - Which contractors go above & beyond with thier answers and their own past example work/portfolio- Which contractors accurately estimate material and/or laborOf course if they don't or won't reply, it could also mean they are too good and busy to jump through your hoops -- so they could be great contractors as well. 

They have relationships of varying formality with local corporations to place their transferring employees. 

I have a line waiting for my properties because housing is slim right now (thanks to all the people from IL jumping the border).

It's quite literally on the border of Fairfax and Mariemont just off Wooster pike.