I have done a pretty good survey calling up other rentals pretending to be a prepective tennant and even looking at apartments.

Someone doing a survey?

You're very welcome JennH.I'm from california originally, in fact I worked in Corona and llived in Rancho Cucamonga where we also experienced incredible appreciation rates.I know zero about the stock market except that anything I ever invested in I lost money on :( However, many of my friends have made money there.Fortunately, my RE investments recouped my stock losses :)If you do decide to follow through with land speculation, make sure you examine the land and have it surveyed before closing.

In fact, our closings are also Construction Draw #1, and all borrower pre-paid items (architectural, survey, engineering, etc.) are drawn down at this stage and either credited to borrower equity requirements, or paid to the borrower.New Construction/Substantial Rehabilitation Insured Loan Program offers more favorable terms than traditional two-step construction and permanent financing.

(I know without an engineer/survey and various other documents this question is kind of impossible but, if there are any developers here maybe you can provide some insight)If the town doesn't allow the road to be built, then the deal would be dead as the lots are not builable.

Surveys indicate an increase in FRMs by at least 4-5 basis points in the coming week.

Any lender requirements of the property are taken care of in this time period, also (appraisal, survey, insurance etc.).

Here in Hawaii, where rents are much higher than the national average (we're actually highest in the country according to many surveys/studies), it's difficult that repairs and other associated costs could take that big a chunk out of the high cost of the rent.

Surveys indicate that sale of used homes fared better than that of new homes.

I have a client who we have recently preapproved and is looking to purchase a duplex for an investment and some cash flow to come in.I did the rental surveys on a couple properties and compared it to the monthly payments but the loan payments are higher than both rental units for the duplex combined so there is no positive cash flow.Were doing an interest only loan.