They were required to obtain a survey costing $500.

With explanation that specific costs have changed, and the rent survey showing that to be a very reasonable rent still. 

Why not just have the architect survey the entire job instead of paying a 3rd Party Software company to do it?

Hi BiggerPockets friends, we are in the process of building an addition in our PR and city is asking for a survey.

We are also adding avg times shown before house is leases, tenant surveys as to why they are picking their homes, tenant profiles to include income and credit score by area/zip code and renewal rates.  

Deed recording Title insurance policy premiums Land survey Notary fees Prorations for your share of costs, such as utility bills and property taxes

You can also get somewhat dated data from the government surveys. 

The County Surveyor’s Office supports the SAIL (Survey and Assessor Map Image Locator) web site and can guide you through the process of locating any survey/plat records that have been filed pertaining to properties.

The government sent everyone in our neighborhood a letter surveying if we would like to be connected to city water and the neighborhood said heck no.

But then I started wondering if EVERYONE else is also sending out yellow letters - and then I started this survey.