If a hilltop home was a potential purchaser's goal these are some estimates we got for professional work:Getting power to the hilltop will cost about 50-60k according to the local power company. 66k for overhead lines, 52k for buried (not including trenching). $3600 for a septic permit & design about 50k for sitework (very long driveway), though foresters have noted the potential for NRCS funding for road improvement and invasive species management (i.e. clearing the 8-acre area which has blackberry bushes galore) which we are in the very early stages of looking into. 

I live in the Raleigh NC  locale. 

Find your goals, then build a plan to get there, and finding a reliable team to help you do it is the most important part.Would love to connect if you'd like to learn about us, or get involved in our local meetup.  

I have had excellent luck with your local NextDoor neighbor marketplace and on FB Marketplace- better luck on Next door (www.nextdoor.com)- it's free to sign up and you can copy/paste from one site to the other and just add pics to each that you have taken and saved.

Utilize a mortgage calculator to calculate the payments, take into account your schedule, and speak with a Columbus local lender.

I would also hire a Home Inspector that is local to the property you are buying so that at least you can have some sort of "professional eyes" on the property.Hiring a home inspector might be more cost-beneficial to you too. 

Did you use a local GC?

However, with high confidence my old property will sell quickly in my current local market it is well worth getting into the next property quickly if the numbers make sense based off the new mortgage.

As I'm only truly exposed to my local market, I'm curious what people think is the most undervalued major market at the moment compared to 5 years from now and WHY. 

Find a local meetup and go to it every month at least.