1) survey?

Think of this as a simple survey of real estate investors and professionals, without getting bogged down by the usual debates we’ve all seen before.

The remaining 5k consisted of survey, title insurance and settlement fee.

I would have to do the works, few loads of dirt to bring property higher than road, septic tank,  survey for city,  trailer pad with 2 parking spots.. ( probably asphalt)..I do not have any other structures near me except 2 structures across the street. 1 was a trailer that was made into a house(looks nice) the other is a mobile home.

So survey what similar properties in your area are offering and use that to inform this decision.Cheers!

For example is is a Zillow listing data scrub or from the apartment owner surveys, etc.I love the report, but it would be helpful for me if there was a way to get more granularity.

Soft costs are costs such as A&E, legal, accounting, survey & geo tech, title, insurance, loan costs, leasing commissions, fees, etc. 

The owner is willing to pay for surveying, legal costs and everything. 

Since you're unfamiliar with the process, it's safe to assume you're not familiar with contracts, contract law, surveys, title, valuation, etc., so you may find it difficult to secure an assignee if the contract is poorly drafted or your ask price is way off.1. 

I would say, on very rough pricing from them, you are looking at rough estimate of $10k - $15k for ESA (Phase I environmental site assessment), PCA and Zoning and ALTA survey reports.