She has a very creative think outside the box approach to help find what you want and submit offers that stand out.

Are there any spoken / unspoken rules I would need to know about approaching these lenders for these types of loan arrangements?

@Ellie Nasir Approach it from both sides of the coin.

@Alfred Koenig IIII'm not sure how you are approaching this. 

It'll be interesting once there's case law to see how we can approach that as landlords.Successful investing!

Initially I was thinking of approaching them with the idea of seller financing, but the bank between us would make it awkward.

If you're set on building on this land, it seems you may want to get pricing figured out in a more for sure approach (as you can, I realize material pricing right now is not 'normal') to get an idea of how much you really can afford to build.

Nothing but complaints about small items...some have been big, obviously, but just a very "adversarial" approach when it is totally uncalled for.

I'm taking the advice and calling the county to see what is their exact approach.

We're prepared from a financing perspective but I'm hoping to learn more about the process of actually finding and closing on the right investment property in the Charlotte market, specifically:1) Recommendations for Charlotte REI networking groups - I've seen a few mentioned in different threads here but they appear event-specific from this past month2) Ideas on approaching the property search - Are there local RE agents / firms that specialize in REI properties around town?