. . .for checking deeds, MLS Data, Tax & Survey Maps
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t this moment, you either own a piece of land or you are about to buy a property. Or, maybe It's not you. Maybe someone you love, like your daughter or sister, is about to make their first home and property purchase. And you either have or are about to purchase insurance for hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars to protect your property investment.
But wait! Have you done everything possible to protect your land investment? Have you walked the boundary lines? Do you know where the corners and lines are? You say, no problem! You have a tax map with the lines highlighted. . .or you have the previous survey map or the neighbor’s survey map. . .or you have the dimensions from the MLS data. . .or you have seen the T-Bars at the corners! And, of course you assume that all those maps and all that data must be right?
Big Mistake! And, there’s that word again “Assume”!The fact is that when you buy property, the transaction information including the property lines and acreage is transferred between your real estate agent, the seller’s real estate agent, the title company, the attorney, the surveyor and the local tax map office. As a retired professional engineer, I can tell you from experience that while these folks are all professionals and licensed, they are human. And they do make mistakes that can be costly to you now or in the future.
Case Studies: | |
For example. . . read the story about the 100’ error and Lou who almost bought 10 acres based on a highlighted tax map. The tax department took data from a survey by the only surveyor in Vermont to lose his license. Fortunately the error was caught with Map My Land™ software prior to the purchase! And another surveyor was brought in to accurately resurvey and remap the land. | |
Then there is the case. . . where the real estate agent illegally practiced surveying by driving t-bars in the ground in the incorrect corner locations. To make matters worse, the buyer’s survey company based their map with disclaimers on the t-bars in the wrong locations. This mistake ended up in a timber trespass case and went to the State Supreme Court. The buyer lost. He is now defending a damage case! | |
On a more positive note. . . there is the story where the land owner decided to purchase Map My Land ™. She entered the data from the deed and an old survey map. She then printed her property map on a transparency sheet to the tax map scale 1 inch equals 416 feet. Next, she went into the town tax office and overlaid the tax map with the transparency. It became immediately obvious to everyone that the transparency showed that she had significantly less property than shown on the tax map. The benefit – she was able to save over $2,000 annually in property taxes! Unfortunately she could not recover the last eleven years in over-paid taxes. | |
Or there is the case. . . in Lee County Florida where the real estate agent got the property dimensions from the Lee County MLS which came from the Lee County Tax Maps instead of being based on the deed. There was a 29% error in the acreage! And the water front error was a loss of 30 feet. Again, fortunately the errors were detected three days before closing by the potential buyer. Luckily, he decided to plug the deed dimensions and the MLS dimensions into Map My Land™. The difference immediately became evident visually as well as numerically. The closing was cancelled. Now there is a case headed to Circuit Court. And you wonder why some real estate agreements are loaded with disclaimers and “as is” clauses and “buyer’s responsibility” wording! |  |
The stories go on and get worse. I am sure you have heard of some. Ask your attorney about boundary dispute cases. But be prepared to take him/her to lunch for a few hours. | |
Solution: | |
 Fortunately, whether you have 1/2 acre or 10,000 acres, there is now a new amazing tool for less than $100, Map My Land ™property mapping software. It will put you in control of your property boundaries and locations. This product will make you independent of the mistakes of real estate agents, title companies, attorneys, and tax map departments. If you are about to purchase land or a home, think of Map My Land ™ as your preemptive weapon to avoid the conflicts like in the case studies above. Or if you have already purchased land or a home, let Map My Land™ act as a tool for resolving any conflicts and for providing you with information you can trust. | |
How does it work? | |
· You install the Map My Land ™ software and enter the deed data for your property · You can enter additional parcels and boundaries such as your neighbors (optional) · Enter landmarks or lines such as utility lines (optional) · Free hand draw streams and trails and forest stands (optional) · Map My Land™ will automatically let you know the acreage, perimeter, and closure error · Download or upload GPS data(optional) · Print at any time to any scale your property maps · Make changes and updates to you map at anytime · Even add you neighbors survey data and deeds to verify any overlap (optional) |  |
· Check and plot your deed · Verify MLS data · Verify Title information · Print maps to any scale at any time | · Conduct your own deed search · Check survey maps · Verify property tax data and maps · Overlay property lines on Google Earth |
· Be in control of and feel comfortable about your investment · Be independent of the accuracy of professionals · Know a lot more about your property | |
How Much? | ||
· Free Upgrades · Free Support including GoToMeetings and Webinars |
History: |
Until recently, mapping software programs required extensive training and cost in the thousands of dollars. They were primarily used by engineers and surveyors. Today, with personal computers, mapping software can be developed with special development software and sold for significantly less.  So in 2008, the R&D team decided to develop property mapping software designed primarily for the home owner with a price limit of $100 and simple enough to have an average learning curve of less than 15 minutes. The ease of use would eliminate expensive training seminars at remote locations. The plan was to have one simplified product which would combine the basic and professional packages together instead of separately like competitors who separate the packages to make the prices appear lower. Besides creating a very powerful yet the easiest software to learn at the lowest price, the team decided to outdo our competitors even more. The team voted to make you the customer even happier by not charging for upgrades and to provide free webinars and GoToMeeting® support. And as a “home-run” the team created a unique, risk-free guarantee that exceed all warranties in today’s market.  And Map My Land would not be some little stripped down product. In fact, the optional power features that were built in have made the software powerful enough so that real estate agents, land attorneys and paralegals, title companies and abstractors, and genealogists are today taking advantage of the professional benefits in Map My Land ™ property mapping software. Finally the team decided to add and is currently developing a reference section to its web site where the user can find a wide variety of information on surveying topics…..everything from survey definitions to determining the age of barbed wire. And to prove to you that the Map My Land™ software really does what we say it will and easily, the team decided to make available all the video tutorials of the entire software package that you can watch even prior to purchase. In addition, we have included several interesting testimonials. |
Our Unique Guarantee to You |
Our guarantee to you is totally risk free. Bottom line, if after 60 days you are unhappy with our product for any reason, we will refund your entire payment AND you can keep the three licenses. Also, if you are having difficulty mapping your property, send us the deed or survey data that you believe is accurate and Alta Software Tools, Inc. support staff will do it for you! We challenge you to find any other company that will offer this kind of totally risk free guarantee. |
Special Offer |
Click on the Special Offer link to see our special offer for this week. Take advantage of our special offer now and let Map My Land™ help you to protect and insure your property and land investment. |
“Map My Land ™ provides me with information I can trust.”