Why Title Companies Prefer Updated ALTA Surveys on Aging Retail Centers
Ohio has no shortage of older shopping centers. Strip malls from the 1980s and 1990s still line busy corridors in Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati. Many of these properties are strong performers, and some are changing hands right now. Plenty of them are still resting on an ALTA survey drawn up decades ago. That old survey […]
Confused About Easements? An ALTA Survey Can Help Clarify Property Rights
A property owner in Tremont once called our office about a chain link fence. His neighbor had put it up along what he thought was his own side yard. Turned out, part of that yard was covered by an old alley easement neither of them knew existed. Nobody was wrong on purpose. The city just […]
Buying Vacant Land? An ALTA Survey Can Help Clarify Easements and Access Rights
Buying a house is easy to picture. There’s a driveway. A fence line. A path from the street to the front door. You can see where you stand. Vacant land doesn’t work that way. An empty field might look open and reachable from the road. But looks don’t tell you who actually has the legal […]