Misclosures in Legal Descriptions
When you purchase a piece of property there is one document that is of great importance, the Deed. There is a lot of important...
“Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) – Zone A/AE”
The mortgage company is requiring Flood Insurance on your property, and because you did not believe it necessary, you hired a...
"Base Flood Elevation - Zone A" Step 2: Review and Apply MDEQ Estimate
In this installment of the BMJ blog we will continue to discuss the determination of the base flood elevation (BFE) for Zone A...
“Base Flood Elevation – Zone A” Step 1: Gather Data
The case in point is to determine the base flood elevation (BFE) for a particular structure in an effort to make sure that the...
“Base Flood Elevation – Zone A”
In the Blue Water area there are two prominent Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA) defined on the Federal Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) that...
“The World’s Longest Popcorn String (and how to measure it)”
On a beautiful Michigan fall weekend in October, the fine people of Marine City banded together and set out on an ambitious endeavor to...
“GIS Mapping and Boundary Surveying; what’s the difference?”
As time marches on, we will see more and more municipalities turning to a very powerful analytical tool called a Geographic Information...
Elevation Certificates – The What, When, Why, and How
You are about to buy a beautiful home on one of the gorgeous banks of the ridiculously blue St. Clair River (if you’ve seen it you know...
“Well-Reasoned Boundary Surveyor or Deed Staker? To What Philosophy Does any Surveyor Subscribe?”
Let’s say you are in the market for a Boundary Survey. It could be because you and your neighbor are unsure about where to put up a...
“Well-Reasoned Boundary Survey? Staking the Deed? What’s the Difference?” Part 3
Now that we have finished setting up our thought exercise, we are now left with the question: What is it about the two different...
