That's where I stand on the subject.

I am looking for investor friendly attorneys to work with on Subject To, Owner Financing, and/or lease option deals.

If you enjoy listening to bigger pockets podcasts the more recent podcasts have touched on this subject and how we are in a different market and ways to handle it/prepare for the future. 

I’m in Des Moines fairly frequently.

@Ryan Howard welcome...doing some more research on your desired path should shed some light on the environment you're working in...I would caution noting that you do not have capital, but want to wholesale to raise capital...you're essentially admitting you are trying to broker real estate without a license...you will hear lots of opinions on this, but the bottom line is if you have no intent to close on a contract you enter into, you're engaging in unlicensed activity and subject to $1,000/day fines.I'm not saying don't wholesale...I am saying do your homework so you don't end up in a tight situation.Taking time to explore every option in RE investing is not a good approach...I can save you years of heartache and you'll be wealthy much faster by sticking to fundamentals...long-term buy and hold real estate is the only path you need to go down. 

@Ryan Moyer @Joe Splitrock @Nik MoushonAll of the examples you give of "doing whatever you want" (i.e. pig farms and industrial) are things that literally take away the individual freedom of the property owner nearby by subjecting them to awful smells and noise. 

If you were buying a property in South Bend, presumably it could be subject to this, so might this be a contingency in a purchase contract to make sure it was already going to pass (or some concession was made to offset the cost of remediation)?

This costs way less than an eviction and it's frequently successful for me but if it doesn't work out you're all set up to evict.

The grade of an area is always going to be subjective.

Put in an offer subject to zoning approval.