Your local municipality will have building ordinance that any landowner planning to develop should become familiar with, if for no other reason than to facilitate communication with your team ... Read More »
Journal
I’m Wayne Oliver, and I’d like to welcome you to the “Practical Prairie”, a journal I’m writing to document the creation of River Bend Gardens.
Easement.
Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation were very interested in acquiring the Mann Family Farm property as an addition to the Leonard Preserve. The preserve was acquired in 1999 by Washtenaw County ... Read More »
Survey.
I do not consider myself an expert on any subject I document in this journal, and the science of surveying is certainly fine example. This is a professional service a landowner can typically enlist ... Read More »
USFW Wetlands?
One of the more simple aspects of due diligence a potential new landowner can execute is researching and understanding what United States Fish and Wildlife (USFW) wetlands may exist on the land under ... Read More »
Due Diligence.
Many of us have heard the stories of challenge from folks who’ve built custom homes. What’s important to appreciate is the majority of those homes were built on spec lots in approved subdivisions on ... Read More »
The Family Plan.
As an accountant, the acquisition of real estate is an objective financial transaction, which had nothing to do with buying River Bend Gardens. I was in love with the place and have known since my ... Read More »
