I have the property under contract and recently received the survey back.

"subject to  verifying survey and encroachment."  2.

Interesting survey, but, as noted in the survey these broader trends could vary widely by neighborhood even within a specific city.

Now, in a survey published Thursday by an apartment-listing service, nearly one in five respondents reports struggling to make the monthly payments.keep up, the survey, by Apartment List, suggests escalating housing costs may be straining renters’ resources.

Everything said earlier is correct.Costs of acquiring the property may include appraisal fees (initiated BY YOU), title insurance, survey costs, legal fees, inspection cost, and similar closing costs.

@Drew Fein is a good RE attorney and BP member), get the properties surveyed, and get separate legal descriptions. 

you should have a proper survey, the county should have a location survey that would indicate the property line.  

My realtor also suggested I get a survey done which costs $3.5-5K, which I don't want to do if I can avoid it.

Is a copy of the survey and floor plan available?

The improvement came elsewhere, with 82% feeling secure in their jobs, and a survey high 36% expecting mortgage rates to fall in the next 12 months.