In many areas this can take 7-8 months - we are happy when we can get all of our surveys, engineering, etc done WITH permit in hand in less than 5 months. 

You should spend 6 months making relationships in your wholesale market and surveying who else is doing deals to see what they are doing wrong and how you can do better.

Ask about what documents and experience are needed for underwriting, what do they look for in a deal to lend on, who will be your point of contact, are surveys and/or appraisals required, what fees are associated with the loan, are there prepayment penalties etc. 

I went to get a survey done but 2 companies have had trouble finding the deed with the metes and bounds.

The owner was able to get the manufactured home and the land it sat on surveyed onto a separate parcel and then he refinanced his home.

Don’t trust anyone’s numbers, do your own market survey, physically visit and shop the competition. 

@Chris Schorre I don't see why it would be an issue IF you don't have deed restrictions or survey restrictions.

That way you can get their number and also send your digital business card and if you want to go high level perhaps text them a link to a brief digital feedback survey about the property when they leave? 

The reason for the loan values is that there are fees, like survey fee, and closing costs and small real estate loans with all the fees, probably make it look predatory, so instead they just don't do them.You might check with some smaller hometown banks in the locations either where you live, or where the properties are....if anyone probably will lend on them, they might.I know there have been some people thought they had lenders to lend on tax sale purchases, but they never seemed to last. 

I feel like a potentially changing survey for the new easement without actually owning the easement is a title nightmare.