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14. The Land Surveyor

Sun Jun 16, 2019, 02:41 PM

Jun 2019

screwed up bigly. Gaps and overlaps should be divided equally between adjoining properties. Creating odd little bits of useless land is bad practice.

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He thought he snagged a Florida villa for $9,100. He got a foot-wide strip of land. [View all] Demovictory9 Jun 2019 OP

Textbook case of why people need to read the fine print on everything. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #1

He can use the strip for his Trump signs. Sneederbunk Jun 2019 #2

If something seems to good to be true, it probably is.. MichMan Jun 2019 #3

He could charge rent for the mail boxes and garages. OrwellwasRight Jun 2019 #4

LOL, and now he has to mow the damn thing! Totally Tunsie Jun 2019 #5

Have to be a pretty narrow chair, though! SeattleVet Jun 2019 #8

a stool Demovictory9 Jun 2019 #9

Maybe a skateboard! n/t customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #18

It doesn't look like he can even put a tent in there, it won't fit. LisaL Jun 2019 #23

And pay taxes on it. LisaL Jun 2019 #22

It's not hard to understand how the guy got bilked. Aristus Jun 2019 #7

Stuck? Not remotely. flvegan Jun 2019 #10

The current owners of the two parcels flvegan Jun 2019 #15

Sounds like somebody besides me has land title experience. Paladin Jun 2019 #13

Yup. flvegan Jun 2019 #16

The Land Surveyor The River Jun 2019 #14

That doesn't look like 100 feet long to me customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #17

Man, that's a major screw-up customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #20

Does he own the part of the home that sits on this land? LisaL Jun 2019 #24

he owns the strip of land running through the garages. Demovictory9 Jun 2019 #25

Caveat emptor at it's most evil... Wounded Bear Jun 2019 #21