| Whether you are just starting out in the world of | | | | tell you that there is a lake and stream on a plot |
| land investing and purchasing or have been doing it | | | | of land that you are considering, you want to be |
| for years, there are certain things that are easy | | | | sure that it is on your piece of the land you are |
| to take for granted. Divisional boundaries are one | | | | looking at, and not overlapping on to your |
| thing, as are maps made of certain areas. These | | | | neighbor's property-at least not without your |
| things help us greatly in our endeavors to | | | | knowledge. Such things are the job of a land |
| purchase land and to decide between plots of land | | | | surveyor, and it takes special skills and knowledge |
| to purchase, in addition to assessing their value. | | | | to be able to perform such services. |
| Have you ever stopped to think about where this | | | | Not just anybody can be a land surveyor. Such a |
| information was derived in the first place? If we | | | | profession requires special skill and attention to |
| were forced to do such work on our own, many | | | | detail, as well as the ability to use equipment that |
| people would never be able to get very far in the | | | | is often highly technical in nature. Mistakes can |
| business of land purchasing. This is where the role | | | | cost a lot of time and even more money, so |
| of land surveyors comes in handy. | | | | perfection is expected in this position. Real estate |
| Most people have seen land surveyors at one | | | | of any kind is expensive, and investors must be |
| point or another, usually not knowing who they | | | | certain of what it is that they are purchasing. |
| are or what they are doing. You might have seen | | | | Without the services of a land surveyor, this is |
| a guy with a camera or a measuring tool on your | | | | not possible. |
| drive to work and wondered what he was doing, | | | | Small time land investors rarely have to hire land |
| or what it was he was taking pictures | | | | surveyors on their own. They are often |
| of-especially since there is usually nothing around. | | | | employed when it comes to dividing land or zoning |
| These fellows are land surveyors; they are | | | | it for specific purposes and in such cases not |
| measuring and recording areas for a variety of | | | | having one can be a critical mistake. If you |
| uses, whether it is measuring acreage or creating | | | | already know just what you are purchasing as |
| a map for use by everyday people like yourself. | | | | well as all of the inherent details of the property |
| Land surveyors are an integral cog in the land | | | | that means that a land surveyor has already |
| purchasing business, but one that is usually taken | | | | taken care of the job. What would land investing |
| for granted. When you pay for a four-acre plot of | | | | be without the critical services of a land |
| land, you want to be sure that it is four acres | | | | surveyor? |
| that you are getting-no more and no less. If they | | | | |
