And with larger apartments, do a market survey and call nearby apartments and ask for their occupancy, rent prices, etc.

Reviewing their books, Phase 1, survey...?

We reached out to a local commercial guy who we have pre existing connections with and we got hit with questions about title commitment, easement, and survey. 

More info on Highland Park:  http://www.sanantonio.gov/historic/historicsites/Surveys/Highland

This is the total closing cost coming from the lender (irrespective of titles, surveys, all that stuff).

Also, Pwc, the accounting firm has the Korpacz survey which is used industry wide to report on cap rates nationally.

Old Schools have some great old bones and foundations/structures.Would do some serious Due Diligence with Enviromental and Survey/Engineering of the Building.

You create excess inventory you then sell at a loss to get rid of hoping you made enough initially from the high margins to still turn an overall profit with the lines.People might like to buy online but over 90% according to surveys cannot stand to return online.

If first trying to decide between Oahu and Maui, I point to this statistic to my clients who are having similar conversations: "Oahu sees 47% of visitation to Hawaii but only 28% of home and vacation rental activity according to JLL’s survey of visitors, which is deemed representative in that Oahu has the most established hotel stock of the islands." 

A survey on one of my properties turned up a shed overhanging into the neighbor’s wooded area.