I  am in the Tampa area and I know that agents and buyers steer clear of FISBOs due to the amount of fraud that we have. 

Study the neighborhood in terms of market dynamics to know if a lot can meet market demands or if it is worth investing in before deciding on its purchase Consult some experts who have found ways of developing vacant areas so that you may decide intelligently on what you want to do with your own piece of land.Good luck!

You placing these properties in an LLC makes the loans commercial, and probably based on area, asset value or other criteria it isn't in their commercial loan criteria.

The one place that still imo offers a good combo of being nice, being affordable and having a little upside left imo is the eastern shore of Md, I just bought a flip down there (though it’s pretty hard if not impossible to find great value add even there) but it’s affordable, growing (a lot of people coming from dc, New York, Philly area.) but still not really a big enough market that any major operators are out there yet. 

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You'll want to confirm how many years your PPP would be and what the penalties are as they may be a stepdown such as a 5/4/3/2/1 or they could be fixed as in a 5/5/5/5/5 for the penalty.

With the new/larger Valley Hospital in Paramus and several travel nurse postings around there, it seems like that may attract some potential renters to the area (at least from a healthcare perspective). 

There are a number of options out there to help with househacking (I bought a househack last year).