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Writing Legal Land Descriptions: Everything Land Surveyors Need to Know
Land surveyors play a crucial role in ensuring the accuracy and legal integrity of property boundaries, making them…
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What Is the Income Approach to Appraisal?
Property appraisal plays a crucial role in real estate and investment decisions, serving as a cornerstone for understanding…
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Building Trust in Valuations: A Guide to Appraiser Ethics
Trust is currency in real estate, and appraisers stand at its core. As licensed professionals, appraisers provide impartial…
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Understanding Road Surveys and the Role of a Road Surveyor
Roads are the veins of modern civilization, connecting people, businesses, and communities. However, you cannot have a well-designed…
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How to Use Drones in Land Surveying
Drone technology has revolutionized land surveying, offering enhanced efficiency, safety, and accuracy. For licensed land surveyors, integrating drones…
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Hydraulic Fracturing: What Engineers Need to Know and Why It Matters
Hydraulic fracturing is a technique used to harvest natural gas in shale deposits found thousands of feet below…
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ALTA Land Title Survey: What You Need to Know
Navigating the complexities of land surveying can often feel like piecing together a jigsaw puzzle. For land surveyors,…
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How to Renew Your Expired Professional Engineer License
It’s easy for things to fall through the cracks when we get busy—even important to-dos like renewing your…
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What Are Bathymetric Surveys and How Are They Used?
Land surveyors are accustomed to mapping and analyzing the terrestrial landscape, but when it comes to underwater environments,…
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What Are the Appraiser Independence Requirements?
The Appraiser Independence Requirements (AIR) were adopted by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac following complaints that Optigo lenders…
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How Land Surveyors Help Resolve Boundary Disputes
Boundary disputes are a common yet complex issue in property ownership. Whether between neighbors, businesses, or even municipalities,…
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The Importance of Environmental Impact Assessments in Engineering
Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are part of the planning process for major development projects. EIAs provide a comprehensive…
