Bought at auction for $675k; will invest around $200k into roads, 1 pond, and development costs.

But unless the lot has direct access to roads and utilities will still be considered unbuildable, and the government may not issue permits until infrastructure is complete2: Roads and utilities are installed.

I'm also studying NC DOT Road Projects and their effects. 

Having experts and others who have traveled the road before you also helps boost your confidence greatly.  

Would you give your all to work for $3.50 an hour when you usually make say $350 an hour, because a stranger promises you they will pay you a lot more money down the road?

Engineering gives you options down the road from med school, business school or something else.

You need to create one yourself and have him sign in - both for the IRS purposes and to avoid misunderstandings/problems down the road.

So I felt very grateful to have a mediated experience buying my very first property ever, in a state I had only been in once (and driven through a couple times decades ago on road trips), rather than starting out with a long distance BRRR. 

I have land now (5 lots) in Chatham County near the new Vinfast and am looking to get moving on putting in a road and spec homes. 

In order to approve, they want us to extend the road, repave the asphalt, install gutter systems and sidewalks, get encroachment variances,etc...