Article on Market-Watch:https://www-marketwatch-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/guid/E5127276-1A17-11E7-8755-9AB7B5C1C318Spoiler alert:- According to the mortgage bankers association, the average size of a home loan is at the largest in the history of the survey, which goes back to 1990. - Larger mortgages reflect not just more expensive home prices, but also more leveraged ones. - The 20% down payment is a relic.

I have the size, abstract number the Survey, the Tract, and the city but google earth only gets that down to a 10 acre survey area and this property is .25 acres.

(i know its done with more precise equipment than just a wheel) and I know I should get a survey obviously but Im just trying to get a general Idea of where I can expect the lot line to be. 

Is getting a full topographical survey done essential before buying? 

I'm conducting a Rent Survey to find the average Market Rents for thee previously mentioned zip codes.

Our company recently went under contract for 11 acre in Mesquite, TX (HOT MARKET) at what I would think is a steeeep discount..the only way to really know if it's a smoking deal though is to find out if the city will allow us to build.The land is currently zoned AGR-NEC & would like to rezone to SFR or MF to build apartmentsMy concerns are there's large power towers & a small creek running through a portion of the land, don't have a survey on hand either.If anyone has experience dealing with city on rezoning & wouldn't mind dropping nuggets, I would greatly appreciate it! 

Better still is to do a thorough rent survey in the area and determine what similar houses near  yours rent for.  

I just bought a foreclosure in South Florida I don't know if its connected to but I just filed for Homestead on the place and got this Real Estate Sales Verification Survey from County Property appraisers office asking me questions like.

In a recent survey of housing economists (see macromarkets), about 50% expect housing prices to rise; the other 50% expects future declines… What do you think?

I'm taking a survey for now.