When I moved it I had electricity (which I barely used except to run appliances, and I mean that my monthly bill averaged $30), heat (which again I barely used...nothing that cheap sweatshirts and blankets can't fix if you're just sitting on your computer looking at BP), and running water...and in this regard I literally mean running because I had a 4 foot hole in my dining room ceiling with a plumbing leak and a red Solo cup to catch the drip while I slept on an air mattress on the floor.

Or send up red flags that would catch the lender's attention. 

It also has an 800 square foot business space with a half bath attached.

Not really rehabbing, they are buying perfectly good homes for 85 to 90$ a square foot and bulldozing them to the ground and splitting the lots and putting 2 400k$ homes on them.  

Seeing "Fox One Investments, LLC" as the named trustee might throw up some red flags. 

Send a letter to PO box and in red ink  outside envelope mark " ATTN Post Master;  Forwarding Address Requested".

I reluctantly agreed, and Brian immediately shifted gears and insisted that I go to the bank right then and wire his money, almost crossing the line into 'pushy' (red flag #1).

Both "red flags" that something is wrong.and the biggest one for last...4 - No comps in the area to support higher that $90k. 

Yeah, one desert city approved 10 square miles for example.

The CEO of a company trying to sell you anything..because he's "in great need of money" should've been your first red flag.