Your Guide to a Successful Summer NAPE (2019)
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 08/19/2019
- Oil and Gas
The CourthouseDirect.com team will be a the North American Prospect Expo (NAPE) August 21 - 22, 2019 in Houston, TX, at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
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What Challenges Do Landmen Face on the Job?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 08/14/2019
- Oil and Gas
Landmen in the oil and gas industry are those individuals who work as title abstractors, as well as in land acquisition and asset management, and research. In short, a landman is a researcher and negotiator. They analyze tremendous amounts ...
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The Red Flag of Lis Pendens – What You Need to Know
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/31/2019
- Real Estate
The term lis pendens literally means “a suit pending,” and is often abbreviated as lis pend. If you see this term connected with a piece of property, whether yours or one you are thinking about buying, it means legal action has been filed ...
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What Are the Different Types of Land Surveys?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/24/2019
- Surveying
Land surveying has been around as long as the idea of land ownership. Longer if you want to include the boundaries set by tribes of ancient humans. By now, the industry has it down to a science, and several types of surveys have been ...
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Private Investigators: Here Are Some Tips on Using Public Records in Your Work
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/17/2019
- Legal
Public records are the low-hanging fruit that no private investigator (PI) should pass up. A variety of documents is included under this umbrella, many of which can add preliminary data to your surveillance or round out a report.
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What You Need to Know about Abstract of Title
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 07/10/2019
- Oil and Gas
The term Abstract of Title seems to cause confusion for many people, even those in property-based industries like real estate and minerals. Most people run across the term when purchasing a home, which is a rare even in someone’s lifetime ...
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A Visual Evolution of the American Landman
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 06/26/2019
- Oil and Gas
A landman is the connection between oil exploration and development companies and owners of mineral-rich land. Landmen make it possible for each to profit and prosper from the oil and gas underground.
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Current Workforce Trends in the Texas Oil and Gas Industry
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 06/19/2019
- Oil and Gas
Oil and gas exploration and production have been a Texas tradition since the Lucas #1 blew at Spindletop in 1901, forever moving Texas from its rural and agricultural roots into the industrial age. Ever since, Big Oil has made an impact on ...
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Everything You Need to Know About the Rule of Capture
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 06/11/2019
- Oil and Gas
In America, property is all. The ability to own property set Americans apart from the British landowning aristocracy that allowed peasants to stay on “their” property by working the fields or pastures and passing along the fruits of their ...
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The Difference Between Title Search, Title Reports, and Title Insurance
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 06/05/2019
- Title
When you deal with property, you deal with the title, that oh, so important document proving ownership rights to a piece of land. Like the title to a car, it should contain all the pertinent information about that parcel. But how do you ...
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