First, for transparency I'm a long term contributor to the Allen Matkins/UCLA annual developer survey.

-Fax or drop off the contract to my attorney and let them know who the seller's attorney is -Make sure there's Clear Title -Once everything is agreed to, have my attorney order Title Insurance and a Survey so it protect me if any old judgments or liens show up after closing also will need to know the name of lender before they issue the insurance Step 10: Line up the money for the deal.

Did you check to see if there was a sewer easement on your survey or title work? 

(2) You want to make sure that all approvals, zoning issues, and permits are not only obtained, but obtained at the expense of the billboard owner/tenant, including all surveys, site plans, applications, specialists, etc.(3) If it is a lease, you would want it to be a ‘ground lease’, so the tenant has to maintain the billboard, its structural components, as well at the ground area around it in good condition.

Surveying in my area is usually around 2k-3k.There's a lot of factors that play into it. 

If you attempt to duplicate, step by step, what another player did, you'll lose because no game is identical to another game.You need to understand why real estate is unique, why it is valuable, how it is valued, why no two parcels are the same, what effects value that can be changed to profit from, why different regions have different market conditions, what the requirements must be to establish market value, how title effects value and how does title transfer, how government plays on real property requirements that effect value, and the list goes on.Yes, you'll learn terms, legal terms, like encroachment, easement, plat and survey, property descriptions, market value and what must be present to establish a market value, what a single family dwelling is (many here don't even know what that is, yet they try to deal in them), you'll learn what property rights are and how certain rights are conveyed, what may cloud title or encumber title, what a lien is and types of liens as well as their priority, what responsibilities there are with ownership.....and the list goes on.You really need to know what is and isn't legal or ethical in dealing in real property as opposed to personal property.

Like the survey and title insurance.

assuming this is much more than having a clean title, proper survey, and lawyer?

While I am primarily approaching it as a precursor to due-diligence on any one specific property,  I will have the chance to survey plenty of them.With that in mind, where would you recommend my focus be on the visit?

Oh yes, @Marty Brodsky works for a HM lender and was doing some survey/marketing work to stir up business.