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In article <bluenoteEH5E2v.A4q@netcom.com> bluenote@netcom.com (Bryan Hinkle) writes:
>nospam@nospam.org wrote:
>: Speaking of which, is it unusual to get land surveyed before you
>: buy it?  The sellers seem to think we're nuts to get it surveyed.
>     Nope you're not nuts to get it surveyed ,I'm going through crap 
>uncovered by a survey of a 40 acre parcel that would have never been
>uncovered without said survey....

No, it's not unusual at all to have a survey done before you buy rural 
property.  In fact, some lenders *require* a recent survey before they'll lend 
you money for the purchase.  If you're paying cash, you can skip the survey 
but don't do it unless the title itself is clear (title search, insurance, 
etc.) and if you're *certain* the land is where the deed says it is.  We've 
been involved in 3 rural land transactions in the past few years.  On #1 we 
split the cost of a survey with the seller; the survey didn't reveal any 
surprises but the title search sure did!  On #2 the seller (a bank that had 
foreclosed on a mortgage) had already done a survey and its cost was listed as 
a closing cost.  On #3 we elected to skip the survey because the land was 
described as "SW 1/4 of Section 9, Township 24..." etc., the section corners 
were obvious, two of the 4 boundaries were well-marked, and the third boundary 
was a county road.  We had a survey done last week and learned that the 
neighbor to the north is gardening on our side of the 4th boundary line.  Just 
his corn patch, but there's no doubt he's over the line, and has probably been 
slipping over for several years (unbeknownst to us).  Now we have to figure 
out what to do...
C. Brunner