Of course I always had a contingency allowing me to do so so therefore the seller had no legal ground to stand on to sue me, hence never sued.Can you provide more details and explain this scenario better?

Thank you Everyone… I can not wait to hit the ground running…  Already getting my marketing ready to go for the first of the year…. 

You need to worry about environmental contamination, illegal dumping next to the gas station over the years, and leaking of gas tanks.It doesn't matter who caused the contamination the EPA will make the current owners clean It up.If it's a new build the seller should have a phase one completed on the land.

Eyes on the ground in Texas would be tremendous help.

Roofing contractors generally need to see the roof,The height off the ground, pitch, number of ridges, guttering, dormers, number of chimney and stacks all are considered, with tear-offs they want to know if a truck can back up to the building, shrubs can be in the way, do they need a dumpster?

If they won't, you have grounds to evict them upon 30 days notice.

Any time you waste is ground lost. 

Since you are looking to be a developer, it would make sense to start with your first ground up project.

Look into splitting up the approval process into phases. 


If you are in the landlord business you should be boots on the ground.