Like Nicholas stated, you will need free capital when things don't go as planned,I will need to bring funds ($70k+ in this instance) to the table to get myself out of the initial hard money loan.

well in PDX you have very robust competition among title and escrow and keep in mind title and escrow are handled completely different in many states that what you get in OR and WA.in OR the title insurer is also the escrow company.. so for instance  Fidelity insurance also has a stand alone office and the escrow officers are employees of Fidelity..

For instance, if I place a property under contract in Raleigh, NC and later decide to walk after I've incurred expenses, those expenses simply stay on the books until I eventually purchase a property in Raleigh, NC.

In other instances I am building larger luxury 3,000 homes I can sell for $400+SF vs. a denser site plan of 2,000 SF homes I can sell for $325/ft.

These are instances where landlords should weigh these factors in determining whether to evict or work with the tenant.

It seems like they may be sharing info.The info in this instance was from 8-11 months ago.

I do not have any experience with this company but in most instances, owners run into lots of limitations with the software/program and wind up hiring a PMC.

Exactly, it's a strategic tool used to entitle land in instances where the base zoning is at conflict with the desired housing density/site plan.

If they come from up to 5 miles away for instance, pick a likely area that is not too close to your current location, draw a circle on a map around that new location that is the same distance out.

This helps for closing costs in the right instances.