Site Survey, Site Plan7. 

Well, Forbes bought into it.16 Million Homes Are Lying Empty And These States Are The Vacancy Hot Spotshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/brendarichardson/2022/03/07/16-...Regardless of why homes are vacant, knowing an area’s vacancy rate can be an important part of understanding the overall health of its housing market.To get a sense of vacancy rates, LendingTree analyzed the latest Census Bureau data to rank the nation’s 50 states by their shares of unoccupied homes.The survey found that Vermont, Maine and Alaska are the states with the highest vacancy rates.

This is based on survey data about what homeowners THINK they would have to pay to rent their house if they had to rent it.Many homeowners can be decades behind in their thinking about what their home might cost to rent, and this figure systemically and significantly understates actual upward changes in rents and home prices. 

A surveyor would mark property lines, you can expect to pay a couple to a few hundred dollars for the survey.

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All this after the time and $ needed for a surveyor to do a topography survey, draw up plans, etc.In short, I recognize the due diligence needed in a deal like this.

If you have made changes, then a survey will probably be necessary.

Among many, particularly if you're using debt for your project, you'll want a phase 1 environmental report, a geotechnical report to ensure the soils are stable, possibly wetlands report and endangered species if you really want to get into it, an ALTA survey and an extensive title search.

Have you had a survey ever done to see exact property boundaries? 

It's not uncommon for some people on a month-by-month lease to vacate after peak rental surveying season is over in hopes of finding more reasonable deals after the summer.