I use Huntwise Pro to find all boundaries (spent $700. on one survey only for the surveyor to tell me my stakes were right on line with his tools within 6 ")  and study county maps and easements, which ranchers and the few part time cabin owners  out there just make their own easement/roads  and everybody, the few people around, like myself with an illegal easement on one of the 40 acre properties I bought apart from a tax lien  accept to be accommodating to neighbors in rough territory where you cannot traverse the legal easements on the perimeters so therefore, would have no access to your property.   

Do a market survey first.  

On a commercial deal recently quotes were all the way up to 4,000 for a full ALTA survey.

If you are hessitant, you may be able to send them one of those postcard with the return address/postage and short survey on it.

If you are making a career out of it maybe get some placards made for your car that make say "Survey" or something to throw 'em off.

When we added a blogging platform to the site, we continued the trend of building our open network.Between the blogs and our forums, BiggerPockets has grown as a massive repository of information, and as an incredible place to network.One comment that has come up from our users through surveys and via email over the past few years is that they wish there was a way to use the site to communicate with their networks in a more private manner.

James Kojo[] Previous 24 monthly operating statements [] Current rent-roll [] Tenant Ledgers for past 12 months. [] Copies of all resident lease agreements and applications [] 2 most recent months of all utility bills for common area and currently vacant units. [] Copies of all existing service contracts and agreements. [] construction and other warranties still in effect; [] Insurance loss runs for the previous 5 years [] Most recent survey of the property [] Any environmental reports and description of any environmental remediation. [] all licenses and permits or certificates of occupancy or other documents indicating compliance with any applicable governmental requirements. [] As-built building plans [] Copy of each floor plan. [] Copy of property brochure. [] List of all property phone numbers (including general office line, fax, modem, internet connection, maintenance, security, etc.) [] List of all websites, domain names, social media accounts, or any other means of advertising or marketing associated with the property in whole or in part, whether transferrable or not. [] List of all trade names or intellectual property associated with the Property. [] Staff listing

Realtors see great value in promoting energy efficiency in listings, with seven out of 10 feeling strongly about the benefits in promoting those features to clients.The survey asked respondents about renewable energy and its impact on the real estate market.

We surveyed the short term and long-term effects of the crisis by leveraging the “Wisdom of the Crowd”.In this analysis, there is a strong case to be optimistic about ‘B’ neighborhoods where it appears, they will offer both good ROI and stability.

So, there is enough in the first payment to cover starting the demo, foundation work, engineers, survey, etc plus some to cover materials for the other trades.