Is  it possible to mail/ email the tenant a "survey" of some sort?

Jim- I own my personal home out in Monclova and I was zoned flood plain in the last evaluation and I ended up hiring an engineer to survey my height of land and appeal the ruling. 

Have you done a thorough survey of the competition?  

To answer your chick/egg question, you would talk to an architect (or contractor that has an in-house architect) first to do a survey of what needs to be fixed, upgraded and modified to code.  

If gross cash flow is $16K/month, the building is probably worth somewhere in the ballpark of $1M renovated and fully in-service.I imagine you'd want at least a 20% equity on the deal and you'd probably run into about $100K in costs (closing costs, survey/engineering/inspection fees, lender fees, etc) to hold the project through stabilization.

Performed a formal survey to verify boundary lines Received reports confirming in-ground oil tanks have been removed according to code Verified location and condition of well and septic Do I need to: Verify anything else with the title company?

If all the surveys/drawings/etc are up to par, you can save a few weeks of time.

To have good estimates, you will need a consultant to perform a survey for both.

Do I need to get a survey and title insurance?

Set up a free questionnaire through survey monkey or a similar site for free to collect the information you need and build the list.