That is a big difference but one building is a small sample.

There's a very small sample size for comparable apartments on zillow/craigslist/realtor.com and I was wondering if anyone has any strategies they've used to calculate accurate/conservative rent prices for specific neighborhoods?

I would like to write him a sample proposal but I'm not sure what to put in it.

It was very difficult to get any info about the tenants before we purchased the property and soon after we purchased it the tenants in one house moved out.I realize this is a very small sample size to draw any conclusions from, but I guess I want to challenge the belief that it is better for the owner that the tenant not to know who he or she is.

Just want everyone's opinion if we should get any of the following inspections done before closing:1) soil sampling / testing2) Survey 3) Well Report (we will be using city water)4) Title, Zoning and Usageor anything else you might think of.We have bought houses in the past, but this if the first time we are buying land for a future build.

I ran some projections on a few sample properties listed on the MLS and the numbers looked great!   

Hi @Justin Elliott ,I'd recommend putting together a sample deal package for your in-person meetings.

I originally planned on staging the house, but my agent suggested it would make it an easy target for thieves breaking into a vacant house (unfortunately it is that type of area).He did bring up the idea of virtual staging, a service where you send in your photos and they populate them with furnishing and decor that look totally realistic (I looked at a few samples).

Here's a suggested system:123 Sample Street     - Property          - Receipts          - Invoices          - Photos and Video          - Other documents     - Tenants          - 2015-01-15 Move in - John and Jane Smith          - 2016-01-15 Move out - John and Jane Smith          - 2016-02-01 Move in - Jack Squat     Every file should be named with "DATE - PURPOSE - LOCATION - NAME" which will enable you to find things using the search feature.

Something robust and complex enough to house all the data, but also simple enough to be able to draw the key insights as to where the sample property stands relative to the market place and how much rents have the potential to rise.