I can't avoid the cash deal on the first house but I don't know my options yet on the second house.

If you found a title company with an underwriter willing to do those please let me know, I'd love to save $3k/property and avoid quiet title.  

I think if you want to avoid going through an agent, list it on zillow and trulia.  

I don't mind paying them for their knowledge if it means avoiding the many mistakes they made so I don't have to.

I'm assuming a flip would be out of the question, unless I can live in and refurb over time, but I want to make sure I avoid the dud areas. 

I personally want to avoid getting to that point all together.  

I was looking for advice from someone who has experience with pure land lots, I would like to know what to look for, what to avoid, and other details like that.

Give you a big $$$ savings tip, avoid employees.

- Often, one must use at least a portion of the existing foundation to preserve allowable uses/avoidance of certain fees (i.e., impact).As for adding a mobile home to an existing fixed structure, it's not someting I'd personally do.  

I.e. loan to value, your credit score, you want to put down as much as you can and at least 20% to avoid PMI that is charged by lenders when you put down less.