The quiet costs breakdown as so:Buying Costs (Closing costs, Inspection, Survey, Appraisal) : 1.5% of $115k = $1,725Holding Costs (Property taxes, Insurance, Utilities & Maintenance) = 1.5% of 115k = $1,725Cost of Money ($130,000 Hard Money @ 12% +3 points over 5.2 months) = $10,660Selling Costs (Real estate commissions, Closing costs, 3% CCA) = $22,575TOTAL = $36,685Obviously I'll make more if I don't have to pay buyers closing costs and rehab and sell the house in under 5 months.

I remember getting a mailer before from a company saying they would pay me for surveys and attached was a crisp $1.00 bill.

For 50+ units, if it is off market, then I am going to ask for 30 days after receiving all of the financials that I request (Taxes, rent roll, T-12, P&L's for the past 3 years, utility bills, surveys, environmental reports, etc). 

I am willing to pay $xx,000 cash no contingencies No inspection No survey Close as soon as possible Just had a purchase offer accepted no counter on a house on Monday exactly like that And another under contract this morning No counteroffers.  

Leave out inspection, surveys, mortgage contingency. 

HI Kay, I think you'll probably want to have a formal survey done on the property to determine who "owns" the tree since the survey will determine exactly where the property lines are.

Given the terrain here, it helps to have a builder who has a good engineer they work well with too.Then the buyer can put the property under contract and use the due diligence (inspection) period to get into more details and pay for tests such as the perk test/septic permit if needed, discussions and analysis from an engineer and the builder/architect to make sure all the extra build costs are known before closing on the land, have a survey done, and whatever else is desired.

You should probably do a semi formal rent survey on the area too.

The rental permit will require a survey on file, CO, etc.

@Bruce Williams You may also want to survey the neighborhood as you said "in the ghetto" so I'd be careful buying 6 properties in an area that may be high crime.