Find out what to check before you buy the parcel.
Eight questions about the land you are looking at. As you answer, this builds a preliminary conditions sheet in the same format I deliver to builders and lenders. Nothing here is a substitute for a full report, but it will tell you where the risk is.
Where is the parcel?
Rules for access, water, and use are set at the state and county level, so this changes almost everything below.
Preliminary conditions
Findings appear as you answer
A parcel can have road frontage, a well, and a clean listing and still fail three conditions. This sheet fills in as you go.
This screener reflects general public record practice across the states I work in and is not advice on a specific property. Landisle Consulting is not a licensed broker, appraiser, attorney, surveyor, or engineer. Nothing here is a title opinion, a survey, or a flood determination.