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Consider These Factors Before Buying Land In 2023

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Land ownership comes with legal obligations which can change quite a lot depending on where you are buying land. Before you purchase anything, consider the legal implications, including property taxes, zoning laws, environmental regulations, and permits required for your intended use. What are the local regulations?

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3 Things An Appraisal Should Tell You That You May Not Know

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

With the massive amount of technology available to anyone who can access the internet, you might wonder why bother getting a real property appraisal? With a few quick online searches, in most areas, you can find the parcel number, legal description, and even some potentially comparable sales. Isn’t that all that appraisers do?

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Make Your First Investment Property an Attractive and Profitable Option

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Today, Cleveland Appraisal Blog shares a few tips for first-time investors. When you’re about to buy your first real property outside of your primary residence, you should know whether you’re going into it with the intention of renting or if you want to flip and make an immediate profit. Decide on How to Proceed. Let us know !

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Tell-Tale Signs You Should Hire a Specialist in Real Property Management – Columbus, Ohio

The Robert Weiler Company

Let’s face it, property management is a long-term ordeal, and not everyone has the time to perform real property management – you are not alone. Maintaining and running a property can quickly become overwhelming. If so, they may be signs that you need help from an on-site property manager for hire!

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The Difference Between Pricing a Property and Appraising It

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

HIGHEST AND BEST USE Appraisers also must determine the Highest and Best Use of a property. We must determine if the current use is legally permissible. Therefore, we must find out what the property is zoned and then read the ordinances and consider market trends, and even future changes to zoning in order to make this determination.

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Exposing Occupational Licensing Abuses Nationwide

Appraiserblogs

Her experience as a licensed real property appraiser in West Virginia turned out to be the perfect training ground for the study of public corruption, restraint of trade and government overreach. Are Bifurcated Appraisals Legal in Your State? Who would have thought it? CALIFORNIA: WHERE RIGOROUS INQUIRY….

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Is Your “Crazy” Neighbor Lowering Your Home’s Value?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Consequently, they are not likely to disclose any negative information about their property that they do not legally have to disclose. So, while it may be true that the property value is diminished in the eyes of the homeowner, it’s probably not in the eyes of most buyers. – Birmingham Appraisal Blog. Explains All!