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Land Use Controls and Property Rights: A Guide for Real Estate Professionals
Land Use Controls and Property Rights A Guide for Real Estate Professionals Author:John P. Lewis Written by John P. Lewis, a veteran real estate broker and planner, Land Use Controls and Property Rights demystifies the major national public and private restrictions from annexation to zoning. It explores the fundamental private property rights from enjoyment to transfer. It details how appraisers, surveyors, title insurers, and lenders can... more » help property owners and real estate professionals with their land use problems. It described innovative development techniques such as planned unit and mixed-use developments. In addition to over 250 photographs, cartoons, practice pointers, and public document excerpts, this book contains land use-related examples of contract clauses as gleaned from purchase agreements from various American and Canadian real estate associations and commissions. This book will raise your land use literacy, help you ask the right questions, limit your land use liability, and may solve your immediate land use problem. Since every property owner is in the rights business and every real estate transaction involves land use issues, this book is for you.« less