What Does your Mortgage Payment Really Include?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 10/03/2018
- Real Estate
Have you ever stopped to look at your mortgage statement? You may notice there are several different numbers aside from the total you pay each month. While paying a single monthly amount seems reasonable, you would be better served by ...
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The Many Benefits of Using CourthouseDirect.com for Land Surveyors
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 09/26/2018
- Surveying
As a professional surveyor, you understand the importance of the precise land measurements that determine property boundaries. Your work provides relevant data to engineers, mapmakers, architects, and construction project managers. The ...
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What Does a Field Right-of-Way Agent Do?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 09/18/2018
- Oil and Gas
A field right-of-way agent is a land professional with legal expertise regarding property rights. Third parties, both private and governmental, engage field right-of-way agents to assist with land acquisition and the legal aspects of a ...
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Land Patent FAQ, Part 2: How to File a Land Patent
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 09/12/2018
- Real Estate
A land patent is the only form of proof of absolute title to land in the United States. It protects the landowner from claimants of co-ownership as well as the United States government.
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What's the Difference Between Mineral Deeds and Royalty Deeds?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 09/05/2018
- Oil and Gas
If a landowner wishes to benefit financially from minerals lying below the surface, the owner can split or sever the property into two separate interests — the surface and the mineral-rich portion beneath it. The surface estate can then be ...
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How to Identify a Grantor and Grantee in a Legal Document
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 08/23/2018
- Real Estate
Contracts specify the terms of the relationship between two or more parties, typically regarding a transaction. One example is the transaction of services for pay between an employee and an employer. In financial transactions, the contract ...
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Your Guide to a Successful Summer NAPE
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 08/08/2018
- Oil and Gas
The North American Prospect Expo (NAPE) is celebrating its 25th anniversary and CourthouseDirect.com is going to be there. This year, Summer NAPE 2018 is August 15 - 16 in Houston, TX, at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
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What You Need to Know about Easement Deeds
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 08/01/2018
- Real Estate
You may be familiar with easements granted to cities and utility providers. These are pieces of your deeded property that remain available to municipalities and utilities to run lines overhead or pipes and cables below ground.
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Is There a Federal Tax on Mineral Rights?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/25/2018
- Oil and Gas
Owning land with valuable natural resources beneath the surface comes with the opportunity for an income stream from leasing or selling the mineral rights. The Boston Tea Party notwithstanding, federal taxes on income of any kind has ...
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Tax Lien Sales: Can You Buy Tax Lien Properties to Save Big?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/11/2018
- Real Estate
Every day, banks around the nation foreclose on hundreds of homes. Foreclosure means the bank takes possession of a property after the mortgager fails to make payments – including payments on homeowner taxes. The government (state or ...
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