How did / do you evaluate your market? 

I also told her I was taking this as a learning opportunity and validation that I was on the right track in terms of evaluating a deal. 

What should you be evaluating to determine that?

Unless physical inspection makes it look like something is off.remember we are not meets and bounds generaly we are township and range.. and these are all established and well marked generally.. now in my logging days some of the section corners if you had two surveyors do a cut line would be off by a few feet.. but that was about it.

I can only log in if I use ExpertHomeOffer.So my user name only has 15 letter.But when I post my name shows up as ExpertHomeOffers.I have no issue with using my new user name that has 15 letters.

ALWAYS get a home inspection unless you are qualified to evaluate the roof and all the major systems.

It's best to think about it in terms of how much is required of you: With a syndication you have to evaluate the deal and the manager (the person running the deal).

For some reason I tend to use it as an early benchmark when evaluating a property, but I can see how that could be a recipe for disaster.

Also,  all of Columbus is being "floated" (from the phrase "when the tide comes in, all boats float"), so consider that when evaluating neighborhoods. 

Presenting the cost as a long list of line items makes it much harder for the buyer to evaluate and  contest any one item.