Additionally, ask your hazard insurance carrrier how the transfer would affect your existing hazard insurance and business liability coverage.

You would also eliminate the design constraints of working with the existing structure.

I have called the state\epa and discussed what is needed for operation of treament plant, confirmed the certification and validated all but rent roll.Barring rents panning out and with the possibility of rehabbing and renting the existing vacant 4 units this appears like it will cash flow well and  have some significant upside with 10 more lots to be filled potentially. 

FIRPTA is for non-resident aliens.

We've encountered non responsive leasing agents before.

The properties I am targeting are non-owner occupied properties.

At this point, I just organized all my existing contacts into various groups: Colleagues, Professionals, and so forth.

What suggestions do you have for sources of wholesale or alternative (non-MLS) properties? 

While you can finance property in an IRA, you are not allowed to provide personal guarantee - the loan must be non-recourse.

A bad tenant is guaranteed to cost you thousands, maybe tens of thousands, as a result of our pro tenant regulations that will keep a non paying tenant in your property for months.