in fact, if you are directing renters and sellers to your website via craigslist, letters, etc, why not just move the sellers/renters links off the home page, since your marketing for this secondary market is directing them to an internal page.in your latest news section on some pages you mix listings with news articles (not good) but when you click on a news article, the sidebar widget separates between latest news and latest listings (good).skipping back to the sellers/renters/buyers pages, there is no call to action in the body.

Im looking to develop small bodies of land, and make them "cool" with the upper echelon.

That is why I just wonder why people think that every body who is in this mess today willingly walked themselves into it.

I would definitely use the higher estimate to negotiate with, as well, but if it comes down to you having to cover some or all of the cost, then at least you should have 2-3 estimates to determine how economically and proficiently it can be done.Foundation issues can be very scary, and I have had a handful of buyers walk away from a deal because of it; but I've had more continue on because they know it is a crap shoot trying to find any property that is immune from this issue in Houston.

If you look at my body of work, my purpose in life to provide financial education for the inner city so I just shake my head since I advocate for underprivileged minorities.

Having the surveys done on each lot is pretty far down the list of things that need to be done when subdividing, here where I am at,  yes each lot will have to be surveyed, pinned, and plotted on the final plat at the courthouse, you have to decide how many lots and if the governing body will even approve the proposed subdivision. 

When you out enough offers out most will get rejected and you will become immune to it.  

I don't have a flip bone in my body which is why I purchased the first few in my portfolio from good wholesalers and spent 18 months in the market before spending a single dime.  

For example, a letter from the veterinarian or some other legit body?  

@Sergio Ortiz, I would love to explain any portion of my situation in greater detail, I tried to include as much as I could in the body of this discussion but I was limited on my break time at work and figured I could go to deep into everything.