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Conservation Easements Pros and Cons: Keep Ohio Cool and Green

The Robert Weiler Company

And, surprisingly, one way to beat the heat may involve a unique land protection vehicle known as a conservation easement. While these 8 sustainability trends drive the commercial real estate industry , the importance of a conservation easement cannot be underscored. Here, we explore conservation easements pros and cons.

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Conservation Easement in Ohio: A Guide to Protecting Our Treasured Land

The Robert Weiler Company

The importance of a fully modern open space preservation vehicle – a conservation easement in Ohio – cannot be better summarized than by our 26th President. Theodore Roosevelt, one of the nation’s original land protectionists, embodied the power and beauty of a conservation easement in the following quote: “Here is your country.

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Opinion: Title insurance is vital to protecting the American dream

Housing Wire

The borrower also may have encumbered the property with loans that were not disclosed when applying for refinancing.

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What it’s like originating reverse mortgages in Montana

Housing Wire

You also get a lot of spec homes on dirt roads with private road easements and no recorded road agreement, which can create issues.” “FHA has a max of 50 acres, but Montana’s ‘mini-ranch’ rule kicks in for larger properties, requiring a mortgage instead of a deed of trust, which FHA doesn’t acknowledge,” he said.

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Buyer agency: a crucial historical shift in real estate

Housing Wire

Moreover, the absence of a buyer’s agent leaves the buyer to navigate the intricate process of drafting offers, negotiating repairs and other terms, as well as understanding legal intricacies such as mineral or water rights, easements, and even the transfer of livestock on agricultural properties to name just a few.

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6 Things That Terrify Appraisers

JMV Lending

a round house), multiple dwellings on one lot, adverse influences such as a nearby freeway, easements that clearly affect value, income properties (two to four units), over-improvements, unfinished structures, significant deferred maintenance, and unclear […]. Unusual Properties.

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Land Trust Alliance welcomes reintroduction of conservation easement legislation

Valuation Review

The reintroduction in Congress of the Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act was brought forward. The Land Trust Alliance, a national land conservation organization working to save the places people need and love by strengthening land conservation across America, welcomed some important legislation. Read on to learn more.