I'm trying to determine what to price my sfh using the public mls search in my local area. When using the public mls with the search criteria similar to my house I'm getting results all over the map. The property is l...

You have to have a phase 1 environmental study done, not to mention a wetlands survey, and depending on the results you could be required to do a phase 2 or 3 environmental study.

You are correct,  I've done my SFR cash flow survey of many local communities and SFR is not a viable cash flow option in the IE.  

Just for fun - http://www.kpbs.org/news/2015/aug/03/survey-says-s...

There may be no fees inside the HOA, but you will probably need/want one to control decision making on the common elementsfile the legal paperwork with the stateThis will take your lawyer about 2 weeksCost on this will be probably be around $4000, maybe a little less by the time you've paid the lawyer and the survey company.Your sales price on the houses will likely not be any less for doing this.

I'd like to get a survey going.When evaluating houses, what's your criteria for:1) Cash flow per door (e.g. $100)2) Cash-on-cash return on investment (e.g. 12%)3) Do you only use one metric or both?

As I have continued to search I thought of land surveying.

Time to spend some time an that city and start shopping for a PM.In the future, maybe you can send some surveys to the tenants to get a feel for the PM situation. 

The utilities are still in and the survey has been done.

Would it need to be surveyed?