It just really burns that I potentially wasted not only my time, but the realtors time searching and viewing - when I specifically asked for a careful review for pre-approval to avoid precisely this situation. 

The second option would be to use a vehicle like a Series LLC.

I don't know much about KC, but can tell you that I'm in a few out of state markets precisely because the Steamboat area is too expensive.If you have any interest, PM me and I can get you on the mailing list for our local real estate meetup - we typically meet once a month (lately, on Zoom)...

This is a very common concern with investors; an LLC may not be the best vehicle based on property utilization.

The most important thing is to hire someone with extensive real estate experience, and particularly with precisely the kind of deals you are doing.I actually have experience with this, as when I first started my company I outsourced bookkeeping to a company in India to save costs.  

Is there no vehicle for “bonding off the mechanics lien” there, as there is in most places.  

Very familiar with running the numbers on vehicles but still getting into it with real estate.

@Ken Boone I probably should have been more precise, in saying that I would own the land of that about 30% of that road is on.

Cutting in some zig zags to the driveway to allow non 4 wheel drive vehicles?

a Ferrari, or a tour bus, or some other one-off type of vehicle.