When you are putting say 25 to 30% down generally not as it drives the LTV to high up for the lender to be comfortable with the numbers.Appraisal: 4,500Site inspection: 2,000 Survey: 2.500Phase one: 2,000Owner property insurance policy: 8,000Pre-paid escrows and lender reserves: 10,000Title policy: 6,000Buyer commercial attorney: 12,000Total: 77,000This is just a general idea.While you do save on costs buying something larger to close it you still have substantial costs involved.

Survey, Personal Appraisal. etc.

But I assume you'll be doing extensive due diligence before you purchase, anyway, so maybe the tenant will  be satisfied if you just share your inspection reports and the building plans, environmental reports, surveys, or whatever else you'll be undertaking anyway. 

So I asked him whether he had surveyed what the nearby competition was offering, and he mentioned that a newer building was including refrigerators nearby.

They did a senior nursing home survey across the country.

Without measuring or surveying, a casual drive-by resulted in would-be bidders to conclude that they were buying two finished lots in a developed subdivision with an HOA. 

You can also provide simple things like a survey.

I have to ask, is asking a group of sales people if their product will go up or down in value a terribly useful survey?

Just one version with ability to let others edit, just see, or only see certain parts of the Smartsheet2  - Creates forms that populate into the Smartsheet  (for online work order requests,  surveys, site audits)3 - allows attaching all docs within the Smartsheet4- all financials can be managed within 5 - the Task feature is awesome.  

A utility survey I read a year or so ago so that on average tenants use 30% more water when the do not pay for it ( leave sinks running, long showers, let friends was cars outside, and use the laundry inside etc.).