SREA takes a structured approach to analyzing the property and employs a “boots on-the-ground, dive deep” approach to due diligence.
Our due diligence services include:
- Pre-existing due diligence materials
- Title issues
- Title insurance commitment, abstracts, ALTA survey, easements, RES’s, CC&R’s, title insurance endorsements, taxes and assessments
- Zoning
- Approvals and entitlements
- Subdivision/platting, historic/open space preservation, required approvals & permits (use, variances, occupancy, signage)
- Code compliance & physical conditions
- Code compliance, handicap accessibility, site improvements & drainage, roads, circulation/parking, public transit, utilities, wells, crime statistics, contracts/agreements
- Environmental
- Phase I, II, asbestos, UST’s/AST’s, lead paint, mold, environmental operating permits, wetlands, shoreline & watersheds, flood zones, endangered species, seismic zones, water rights, oil/gas/mineral/timber rights, noise restrictions
- Streams and state water issues
- Site plan/plat design/setbacks/density computation
- Engineering reports
- Woodland/tree inventory
- Geotechnical soils testing
- Septic perc testing
- Survey – boundary, easements, and encroachments
- Topography
- Existing homes inspection
- Adjacent Uses
- Neighborhood associations
- Local economic/demographic environment
- Competition
- Schools
- Site inspection & photos
- Infrastructure
- Litigation
