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WHO THIS IS FOR.
This Checklist Was Built for Three People.
The Real Estate Broker
Walk into a listing appointment with this checklist completed and you are no longer guessing. You are the broker who actually evaluated the land before asking for the signature. Owners recognize that expertise immediately.
They sign with you not the agent who showed up with a CMA and a smile. This checklist protects your clients, protects your license, & positions you as the land specialist in your market. Most brokers who use it identify three to five past transactions where this knowledge would have changed the outcome.
The Land Owner
You think you know your property. This checklist shows you what you do not know and what a buyer's inspector will find whether you are prepared for it or not.
Complete it before you list. Price it based on what is actually there, not what you assume. Learn to fix the problems early to increase your lands value and marketability. The sellers who get surprised at closing are the ones who never ran this checklist. The ones who run it first control the conversation, set realistic expectations, and close faster and for more money.
The Buyer, Builder, or Investor
This is your self-defense manual. Before you write an offer, before you commit earnest money, answer every question in this checklist. If you cannot answer them all, you are not ready to buy. The cost of this checklist is zero.
The cost of skipping it could be six figures. Every dollar you spend on land due diligence before closing is a dollar you do not lose after closing when the county tells you the lot cannot be built on the way you planned.
8 SECTIONS. EVERYCRITICAL QUESTION.
Built from 30 years and nearly $1 billion in transactions. This is not a generic form — it is the actual screening framework used to evaluate properties before a dollar moves.
Land Studies And Documentation
The documents and records to gather before you do anything else. Title reports, surveys, zoning codes, seller disclosures, and the paper trail that help protect you from surprises after closing.
Land Investigation
Access, road conditions, easements, slopes, flood zones, fire districts, encroachments, and 20+ site-specific questions most buyers never think to ask until the problems show up after escrow.
Land Encumbrances
The title and legal questions that surface hidden restrictions, liens, covenants, CC&R's, & boundary disputes before they become your problem at closing. Ten questions. Every one matters.
Additional Site Conditions
Natural features, environmental hazards, and soil conditions that affect buildability. Wetlands, steep slopes, erosion, contamination, the items a seller does not know to disclose because they do not even know they exist.
Utility Availability
Power, water, sewer or septic, and stormwater. Who is the purveyor, what does connection and infrastructure construction cost, and what is the timeline. This is where $50,000 to $150,000 in surprise costs live — and where most buyers never look until the bill arrives.
Additional Investigations
Environmental and regulatory questions covering wetlands, critical areas, endangered species habitat, contamination, and building moratoria. The questions most brokers skip because they do not know to ask them. Skipping them is how six-figure mistakes happen.
Site Development Planning
Action checklist plus a blank site map template for sketching setbacks, buildable area, access points, driveways, & utility routing during your site visit. Bring this page to the property. Draw on it. It becomes your field record.
Financial Considerations
The "Does It Pencil?" waterfall budget worksheet. Every cost category from land acquisition through construction, with a built-in go/no-go decision framework. This is the page that tells you whether to write the offer or walk away with math, not a gut feeling.
I lost $200,000 early in my career on a property I was certain I could build on. I couldn't. That loss built this checklist and it has protected every deal I have touched since. I am giving it to you so you do not have to learn the hard way.
~ Don Leske
Managing Broker/Developer - Landcor LLC
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The go/no-go screening tool used by brokers, buyers, and developers before writing an offer. Enter your email and get the 27-page Pre-Feasibility Checklist instantly
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PRE-FEASIBILITY CHECKLIST
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IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER
The 32 Red Flag Library is an educational diagnostic tool. It does not constitute professional engineering, environmental, or legal advice. All land feasibility decisions should be made in consultation with licensed professionals (engineers, surveyors, attorneys) and supported by a complete LOT LOGIC™ Phase I, II, and III analysis.
