If that's the case then you may not want to live in a marginal spot. 

No, your advice is spot on; what I was kind of figuring.  

@Trey Watson was spot on - Pat loves to talk a lot, but he knows his stuff.

Maybe I should write for the chamber of commece.. at the end of the day I would still much prefer to live in the Napa Valley ( which is were I lived before I moved up there) but its a pretty nice spot really.. and I travel extensively thorugh the US on work.. so I see many metro areas and their housing stock..

Additionally, it has a deed logging road, and has a transmission line touching the property in two spots with 3 phase power.Today the broker got back to us after we asked about solar power potential and he says the substation is away from the site (about 4 miles).

I think you will find yourself in a tough spot if you are requiring HML and you are having to fix these things up yourself, as your carrying costs are going to be tremendous. 

with out knowing how to spot or test for these problems in your system you will not know that answer.

Ruth is spot on!

My plan is to put a fence with a gate and rent out spots however my questions are does anyone have any experience in this and what permits are required?

Also, might be a good idea to give your insurance agent a call and make sure you've got coverage if there's a dog bite issue.Additionally you may want to add a yard maintenance provision with that pet fee - dogs don't poo in toilets, and most don't have one specific spot.. they crap everywhere, and if you have grass, you'll now have lots of burn spots.Pets are a problem for me personally - I'm too busy to want to feed another mouth or pick up the yard, however I have several units in areas that it seems like every house has dogs... so if I say NO DOGS, I can also say NO RENTERS.