Are there any environmental issues in the area that may affect the development of the property?

It was supposed to have been "cleaned up" and was purchased once in 2011 after the meth problem.My realtor is saying the home still has the stigma even tho it was supposed to have been treated and cleaned and even gone thru a new owner 3 years ago.I have obtained a copy of the Certificate of Illegal Drug Lab Cleanup from the Indiana Dept of Environmental Management.

Buyer's ability to manage the store, store location (demographics, access, traffic counts etc), store upkeep, clean environmental reports also play big roles.Unless you have a strong note in all three areas, you will likely not be able to sell more than 3 or 4 years worth of payments at a time.Scott

I think that in the past everyone who has purchased an older home had enough smarts to know they were not buying a new home and really...probably didn't expect the old two story with gingerbread and leaded windows to be as efficient as the new home across town....kinda common sence.So, I don't really care what my energy rating is, it will be burried in all the other disclosures for lead paint, who died in the bedroom 15 years ago, mold reports, environmental studies, home inspection reports, appraisal and mortgage documents....etc.

When I evaluate a market, I look at it's economic base for future growth (i.e. industries, military, tourism) - obviously, the potential for strong future growth will usually translate into stronger demand for real estate...I also look RE growth potential contrasted to what has inhibited past growth - for example, it the community land locked, controlled by environmental regs, lack of water, etc...

My perspective, from the development side of the business, is that design is at its best when it is used to solve problems that come with developing any type of property—in planning, construction, environmental, marketing, leasing, etc.

For an older property that might have environmental issues, you are looking at north of $20 a foot.

Cost reduction should be done in such a way as not to produce a serious threat to human exisitence by not paying a hoot to effective environmental hazard reduction techniques.

This arrangement gave him and his crew incentive to slow-screw me, whether they consciously chose to do so or not.  

Me being a real estate investor in the USA I was anxious and excited to talk to anyone who would listen about using real estate investing as a way to financial success and freedom and people kind of just let what I said go in one ear and out the other but also i notice that , that is changing little by little and now everyone in my wife's family is very conscious of the potential benefits of real estate investing.