I've been flipping up in Cheyenne, WY since 07.I've had two so far that were only 7 weeks from contract to buyer close.I actually moved up here from LA just for the real estate.And even if you're stuck on a price and decide to rent, I've never had a unit that didn't rent within a week.I always do a rent survey even when the plan is to flip, jic.

Make sure you walk your property to check for retaining walls and/or get a survey during closing/inspection.

I never purchase a property without title insurance as I've read far too many legal cases regarding the consequences of not having it and not having a good survey.

To our way of thinking, this was far better then paying thousands to a bank in closing costs, surveys, appraisals, other loan charges, and recordation fees.  

In the post is a table of cost items that go into building and selling a new home based on the survey sent to their builder members (see chart below).

The issue I've seen is the municipality generally wants you to bring the system up to code when you're going that far into the system and that includes site survey, engineered plans and a modern leach field, sometimes with a raised bed/field.

The 379 metropolitan areas surveyed were evaluated in nine categories: housing affordability (cost of living), transportation, jobs, education, climate, crime, health care, recreation and ambiance (museums, performing arts, restaurants and historical districts).

I would make sure that you do an annual survey and pretend to be a renter.

Often banks will request an operating income statement and rental survey be completed within the appraisal assignment, so they are concerned about the property's ability to churn rental dollars.

Hardly scientific, but based on my sample survey of 1, I think you have increased your odds of success in HMC by 200% with your partner by your side.