A simple survey and map recordation could run below $5,000.00.

On a survey from National Apartment Association they show on a huge sampling of apartments somewhere close to 10%.

If I can't control them or know exactly where they are, I have it surveyed.

I'd like to contact the homeowner directly via mail (no phone) 60-90 days after we bought their home to see what they thought via a short survey- but for many we don't have "moved to" addresses.

Variations in income for any group of half a dozen randomly selected people are almost certainly larger than the $8,600 difference implied by this data.Further, the income impact from college for US males is the greatest of any of the other data points in this survey.

I want to pose a kind of survey to the people of Bigger Pockets who invest in Cleveland.

Once you have made personal (in person) contacts and have surveyed the neighborhoods yourself, then you can do the agent/video.  

(Tenants are the beginning of your income - not the only clients your multifamily property can serve)My recommendations are to:1 - survey your existing tenants.

It will probably be worth having a survey done, which is not cheap, to identify what ACM's (asbestos containing material) are present.

I do the inspection mostly as a peace of mind.Appraisal, survey etc...those are typically buyer's costs anyways and in an all cash offer it's not required it's the buyer's options.Last week I just had another deal, this time a REO home, asking $175,000.