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Land Trust Alliance applauds Congress for conservation-easement legislation

Valuation Review

The Land Trust Alliance, a national land conservation organization, applauded the House Ways and Means Committee’s vote to advance the Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act as part of reconciliation legislation.

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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.

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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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Appraiser pleads guilty to fraud scheme

Valuation Review

A North Carolina land appraiser recently pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States as part of a syndicated conservation easement tax shelter scheme. This involved inflating charitable contribution deductions based on a fraudulent appraisal value of a conservation easement on land that claimed more than $1.3

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Georgia CPA indicted for promoting syndicated conservation easement tax scheme

Valuation Review

A federal Georgia grand jury recently returned an indictment charging an Atlanta certified public accountant.

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What is a Land Appraisal and How Is Land Appraised?

The Robert Weiler Company

Also referred to as a land valuation, property valuation, or real estate appraisal, the ultimate goal of a land apprasal is to determine the market value. Licensed land valuations vastly differ from building valuations. Land Valuation Methods That Certified Land Appraisers Use. Land easements and encumbrances.

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Home Appraisals – What Do They Look For?

D Fritz Appraisals

Home appraisers are trained to inspect and measure your property and perform comparisons that result in an accurate valuation for the current housing market. Valuation for insurance claims. Any existing easements or zoning issues. Mortgage financing and refinancing. Reviewing / appealing property tax assessment.

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