Whether you’re buying land or building a home, it’s always a good idea to get a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) flood survey. There’s nothing more important than knowing everything about the property in which you’re investing. If the area has major potential for flooding, you should know. This is especially true if you plan […]
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What You Need to Know About Boundary Line Agreements vs. Boundary Line Adjustments
Even if two neighbors are good friends, they likely don’t see eye to eye on every subject. Some disputes are small enough that they can be resolved (or completely ignored) without any issue. But that might not be the case when it comes to disagreements about property lines. Property line disputes can either be resolved […]
Read MoreWhat Is a Lot Line Adjustment?
While buying and owning land is usually a wise investment, like everything else, it’s not without its limits. Your local town or city has likely divided up various parcels of land into “lots” of various sizes. Sometimes the lots are uniform and similar in size and shape, and sometimes they are wildly different. But because […]
Read MoreWhat Is a Topographic Survey, and When Is It Needed?
Have you ever been walking down the street and witnessed someone in an orange or yellow vest standing behind a tripod? They were probably there with another person, and they were likely holding a clipboard and peering through a lens on top of said tripod. Despite the tripod, they weren’t merely taking pictures—those people were […]
Read MoreWhat Is an Easement, and How Is It Used?
When it comes to land surveying, everything is made to be as official as possible. After all, this work is done to create maps that can be held up as evidence in legal arguments in court. So there are definitely no gray areas in land surveying, right? Well, not exactly. An easement is a kind […]
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