I have not done much due diligence yet, other than some preliminary looking around and discussing the listing of her property. 

The preliminary analysis can have lots of data, so it's important that the provider thoroughly review it with you to explain what depreciation tax deductions Cost Seg study provides and what depreciation benefit you would get w/o Cost Seg.

He sent a crew out to clean the land and prep it for construction, and we've had an architect come out, and we have some preliminary drawings.

The single most important thing you MUST do is get a title report prior to the auction (sometimes referred to as a preliminary title report, letter report or owner report).The title report will reveal what lien position the foreclosing lender is in, as well as if there are any other "skeletons" in the closet of the home (i.e. federal or state tax liens).

I spoke with the owners of that park and was able to get some preliminary information.

All the papers go in ONE Email with purchase contract, preliminary title, settlement sheets to the servicer.

If someone wants to sue you and they have some preliminary work done to determine what assets you might have to go after a property with a priority lien against it will be less attractive.

If not, you could suggest that the seller sends a preliminary eviction notice.

A few preliminary questions are outlined below.Some questions to ask broker:What is the unit mix (number of 1Bed, 2Bed, etc.)?

I remember someone from a podcast used preliminary advertising to test the demand for rentals.