When a Mortgage Survey Helps During a Home Purchase 

Aerial view of residential homes and property lots in a neighborhood where a mortgage survey may be needed

Buying a house means signing papers on a property you’ve only walked through a few times. A mortgage survey gives you an outside check on that property before you close. It shows where the house sits on the lot. It shows where the boundary lines fall. It also shows if anything on the ground doesn’t […]

Due Diligence Surveys for Historic Building Renovations 

Historic Kansas City brick building and surrounding streetscape relevant to a due diligence survey for renovation planning

Kansas City has no shortage of older commercial and industrial buildings ready for a second life. Brick warehouses in the River Market, old manufacturing space in the East Bottoms, storefronts along historic corridors. These properties offer strong locations and character you cannot recreate with new construction. But before a renovation team commits to a design […]

ALTA Title Survey for a Smooth Commercial Closing

ALTA Title Survey documents reviewed for a commercial closing in Kansas City

A commercial deal can look ready to close. Financing is set. Title review is moving. The closing date sits on everyone’s calendar. Then the survey comes back with a few open items, and the whole group ends up waiting on one drawing. That’s the moment an ALTA title survey either helps or slows things down. […]