So sorry for attempting to engage on this platform - clearly this is YOUR territory.  

Another option ($$$) Might be to engage an advertising company, and have them flood the local radio, TV and Internet With bi-weekly news stories about the coming business, focusing on the number of jobs that will be created.The number of jobs both for construction workers to build it, and the number of employees that will staff it over the shifts it will be open.

A game of wack-a-mole.The more stable areas (a solid B vs a C-) experience for more engagement by the residents to want to stay in their home since they are reasonably hard to find and qualify for.Hope you are doing well my friend!

I have learned to engage the community development office in the towns that I am investing in. 

State law also doesn't require you to engage in dramatics that may happen.Keep all communication by mail, or text message so you have records.

Would I be required to have a liscence in order to engage in this type of transactional lending?

I attempted to engage in a creative financing deal with a gentleman that owned a very nice property that was in a pre-foreclosure state.

Then I moved to Suwanee recently and found one of my neighbors is engaged with STR in the Blue Ridge Mountains and another flips homes in the midwest (from his home here in ATL!).

@Louisa Davis, If you want to engage people in an investment pitch it's rather unprofessional to do so under the guise of half-truths and misrepresentations.

Something that I've found that works well is to charge a 25% deposit for the estimate I give if the total engagement is over $1,000.