I would pay one of them to review the full details of the transaction and give you a road map of how to proceed before going any further.

outcomes are on you, the investor.you may want to review these threads to see what others experiences were.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1137397-balti...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/1215726-break...

As lenders, well issue a prequal/preapproval letter if we've analyzed your income, assets (bank and brokerage statements to establish that you have the liquidity to afford the down payment, closing costs, and reserves), review credit of the guarantors, review the relevant experience to ensure that we're not throwing our money away on newbies that are wandering around in the dark, and have put together a reasonable plan of attack for the project.

They take weeks reviewing things and won't call you or tell you when they have reviewed things so you are constantly calling and then waiting for them to find your file.

Also title to figure out if the land can even be used for a particular purpose.But to answer your question regarding value, a decent metric is the current tax assessed value of the parcel:https://sdat.dat.maryland.gov/RealProperty/Pages/default.asp...Or you could pay for a broker price opinion..

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Just call a local title company, find one with good reviews, and ask them to give you an idea of the fees. 

You really don't need any up front cash other than having an attorney review your contracts

Any type of seller financing should absolutely be reviewed by your attorney and your cpa.

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