Then instead of just worrying, try and develop systems or proactive steps to mitigate some of the problems. 

Many of you have specific processes in place to help mitigate the risks of tenants that pose a high liability to you.

To minimize that, consider the ways it can go wrong, assess the probability of that thing happening, if possible have a plan B to combat against it, or hedge against it in another way, insure against it, mitigate it, or otherwise figure out how to actively avoid the risk and still get into the investment, and after all that then decide if the total risk is worth it balanced out against the reward.

Obviously with the 60-feet setback I can barely build anything anymore.Should I hire a surveyor or geotech to mitigate the issue?

There are mitigations to help with tenant quality and such, but there are no guarantees with any of them....not even the A's

There are things that you can mitigate risk, there are also things that you can't, like any other business, you just have to pick and choose the clients/opportunities, not all fits for us, if it doesn't, scrap and move on.

zit think you need to identify the threats and mitigate the risks of those threats to your satisfaction.Bank personnel are unlikely to be trying to pull any clever maneuvers however I used to frequently run into a guy at a local sushi bar.

“Jenifer, I want to help you get out from under this debt and mitigate the effect of foreclosure on your credit.

@Mike Rosso These numbers are superb, so congratulations on taking that leap of faith into the waters of real estate investing mitigated by educating yourself even though well-intentioned family and friends tried to talk you out of it. 

Then you can rent it, Rehab and sell it or sell it as is.There are inherent risks involved but if you do the proper due diligence and use professionals (legal team and licensed services) you can mitigate a good amount of risk.