Ocwen knows the land is mine-I got the local realtor they sent out to sell it (in my yard) to get their land surveyed.

The land has been surveyed.

Do you plan on getting a survey of the property?

You can include home improvements and commissions as well as other costs such as professional/legal fees, surveys etc in your basis so those will decrease your tax burden further.

Hannah.. this flew people into the Hobergs resorts in DC 3s in the 30s and 40s So then when they lost the tourist trade and really no industry.. it became a place were more modest second homes were being bought and used.. and it was very much a SF based area.. and had some pretty big SF Italian communities. in the 1920's over 60,000 lots were platted from NICE to Clear lake Oaks and the city of Clearlake Including 7k lots behind Lucerne which virtually none of them were ever built on .. a Guy Named George Triphon bought most of those lots in the early 60s  surveyed them all pushed roads through but never followed through with water or sewer leaving them unbuildable and a environmental mess. you can see that as you drive hwy 20 up behind the city of Lucerne.. those lots were left to rot and then become the fodder of the guys who buy worthless tax sale lots and resell them on line.. we know all about the land geek and those dudes.

Easements, like 120X8' aren't that expensive in such matters it's the attorney and surveying fees. 

Well done sir.I plan on taking a trip to Atlanta in January to survey the lands.

Attorney fees may be less than just the survey cost plotting all the improvements on 6 acres which a lender may require, do yourself and your parents a favor, see your attorney

In my state we used to have easements for things like power lines that were listed on entire sections of land with no surveys. 

Here we have subdivisions with pipe farms with streets in.Some have 30% houses being occupied.These properties are worthless to me.They sit on maybe 1/4th an acre.Taxes are say 600 a year and HOA is 150 a month.So I would be dropping 2k to 3k a year until the market recovers.If at the height of the market the lot sold for 18k and I buy for 5k.Then if I put 2k to 3k in holding costs each year for 4 years waiting for market to come back I will have 5k plus about another 10k in.Take out resale costs and I am making almost zero on the investment.Now mountain view,ocean,lake view,golf course lots that can be bought cheap is a different story.You need to survey the property and have title checked and insured when buying.The docs have a title or attorney draw up for you.No legal advice.