By doing so, you are inviting a visit to court where you must prove that you are not doing a Land Contract (and you will lose). 

Once I have that information, I usually will go over to the property appraisers site to get the owners information and then ride by the property to see if it is vacant. 

If they start demo,and then never get back to that site, you're in a bad position as you've put in 100% and now have to put in 100% of the rehab as well when you take it back.  

But they would not, in a million years, consider moving to the Midwest even though they frequently visit for outdoor activities/road trips.

I grew up visiting my grandparents out on Hutchinson Island.

Example: LOT 4 AND THE SOUTHEASTERLY 2 FEET OF LOT 5 BLOCK 0 CAPRI ISLE BLOCKS L M N O ????

Did you visit and walk the property? 

Here's a helpful resource:https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/SERVANIMALS_NTCFHEO2013-01.PDF

Do your homework BEFORE you lose money.I almost did, when we explored purchasing a condo in a very well visited European summer vacation destination in the Mediterranean Sea, Mallorca Island (completely a dream by the way).

How do I verify that the insurance of the company covers the employees on site?