ALTA Land Survey for a Commercial Sale-Leaseback
In a sale-leaseback, a business owner sells a commercial property to an investor and then keeps using the building by renting it back. The seller stays put and pays rent. The buyer becomes the new owner and the landlord. Because the deal joins a property sale with a lease that runs after closing, both sides […]
How Does an ALTA Survey Support a 1031 Exchange?
An investor sells a rental warehouse and wants to buy an office building with the money. To hold off on capital gains tax, they set up a 1031 exchange. The tax side of that deal follows IRS rules, and an ALTA survey follows a different set of rules entirely. It helps to keep those two […]
How ALTA Survey Pricing Works for Multi-Parcel Commercial Deals
A deal with ten parcels does not cost ten times more than a deal with one parcel. Buyers and lenders often ask for a simple per-parcel rate, hoping to multiply it into a fast number. That math rarely holds up once a surveyor looks at the project. The real price depends on how the parcels […]