Included in the plan is $100 billion for workforce development, which may assist in attracting the next generation of land surveying professionals and technicians.

Approximately two weeks ago, Gov. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature agreed upon a budget for the State’s 2021-2022 fiscal year. Although most businesses and their owners have understandably focused their attention on the increased personal and corporate income taxes[i] enacted under the budget legislation, there are severl other provisions of which they should not lose sight.

Commercial buildings left empty from the COVID-19 pandemic may find a new purpose as affordable housing. Empty hotels from a yearlong lack of travel and tourism as well as empty office buildings due to remote work could drive the trend of repurposing vacant commercial spaces.

For rural properties, fences are generally considered by the landowners to be the boundaries. But by law, the actual boundary is an imaginary line that is located according to the property description in the deeds to the properties.

When someone dies owning real estate in Florida and does not have a carefully drafted estate plan or has a defective title (a/k/a invalid deed), then a probate administration may be necessary. There are several instances where this may occur, and here are a few examples:

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Part 4 of a six-part series about basic water law in the United States, predominately in the western part of the country, and how it affects this finite resource. Water law can be traced back to Roman times and also has roots in English common law. Across the United States, it varies from state to state, and from East to West. When conflicts arise, courts usually determine the outcome, unless there are state or federal laws or previous case studies to resolve the issue. Exceptions to the law can arise from differences in each state’s water laws.

With owners of expensive lots kept away from Costa Rica because of COVID-19 restrictions, organized property fraud rings have enlisted corrupt notaries to steal properties.

Fidelity National Financial (FNF) announced it hired Elizabeth Wysong Berg as its national agency vice president for education and training. She will leverage FNF’s knowledge of the real estate title profession both internally and externally.



At first glance, this secluded home on the market for $399,000 in Louisville, Kentucky, looks like your average, run-of-the-mill home with a quiet backdrop that includes a tree-covered hill and a small lake.

A secret society that has worked quietly for more than 100 years to care for Black women and children is now pulling back the veil in the hopes its legacy can be protected for future generations.

Bonus Link: Google street view of the mansion captured a photo of a member

A People Map of the US, where city names are replaced by their most Wikipedia’ed resident: people born in, lived in, or connected to a place.

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The concept itself is not new; the four-day week has been a goal of many left-leaning political parties since the start of the 20th century, and no less an authority than economist John Maynard Keynes argued that ever-increasing efficiency would soon free up more leisure time within industrialized societies