Some of the basic things you need to see or do Tax returns - the owner is not going to overstate income on a tax returnrent rolls bank statements Phase one environmental checkEstoppel lettersleasescopies of contracts with existing vendorsThere that only leave about 93 more items

Pay online asap as the annual lien sale is coming up in may and environmental fines count. 

@Alyse Oz call Lombardo Environmental and get a second opinion.

Any environmental issues?     

You also want to be able to switch coverage on the fly between a property being vacant, occupied or under renovation as sometimes you might experience a longer vacancy than expected during a turn or have to do a more major renovation after many years.Another thing you'll want to look for is a master policy with simple monthly reporting with no minimum earned premiums and no new down payments every time you add a property.Also, all "personal" policies and "personal umbrella" policies have what is called a "Total Pollution Exclusion."

The older dry cleaners even if gone from the center are known for environmental issues.

I have about 100 questions from environmental to lot size to location.

Where do you see the property in 5 years ,10 years,etc  What is the long term outlook environmental concerns (hurricanes,etc) Lack of control is a big issue What do you think

If no "deal breakers" are discovered, you move-on to engaging experienced professionals to supply the phase one environmental inspection, property survey, water/sewer systems inspection, title search, closing services etc.

Land comes with a lot of environmental conditions.