My knowledge of wine is limited to the fact that there are reds and whites. In a wild year, I might drink three, maybe, four glasses; mainly for...
Buying Land
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My wife, Melissa, is one of two lawyers in our county. She does a lot of dirt law--rural real estate. She's also the part-time Commonwealth Attorney...
I’m often asked -- usually by my wife of 25 years -- “Just what is it that you do all day?” She’s a lawyer. She has an office building, a sign, a...
Since I write a weekly column on country real estate, I decided to visit the websites of Senators Barack Obama (www.barackobama.com) and John McCain...
My wife and I live in a county with 2,500 full-time residents. We have a lot of cattle, sheep and trees. The county seat is a town of about 200...
I learned the word “choicy” many years ago in southern West Virginia. I understood it to mean a person who was a bit choosier -- more careful in...
A buyer’s market exists today for much of our real estate. Too many properties for sale and not enough buyers have cut asking prices in some -- but...
People are constantly asking me why land deals are so special, and why the time and cost required completing them far exceeds that associated with...
“Due diligence” is the process of careful investigation that buyers use to identify the values, issues and problems embedded in whatever they’re...
1. Boundaries lines. Do the boundaries of the seller’s property on the ground follow the boundaries as described in the seller’s deed?