FINALLY!! Signed Contract. Need Atty

[elliscountyhog]

After years and years of trying to buy this river land we have a signed contract to do so. HOWEVER, our biggest issue to getting closed is going to be easments and access. Do we have any one that wants to do some legal battles in the DFW area for land easements?

[hardtner]

Congrats to you but I’m sure any attorney would have preferred to be involved prior to you signing a contract.

[elliscountyhog]

Congrats to you but I’m sure any attorney would have preferred to be involved prior to you signing a contract.

Thanks. I wouldn't waste an atty time or money if I did not have a deal ready to go.

[batmaninja]

Talk to your title company about the easements. They will be a lot cheaper than an attorney. Or get your title commitment and start researching the easements yourself.

Not trying to be a smart A, but if you dont have access, you dont really have a deal. Unless you have a helo

[elliscountyhog]

Talk to your title company about the easements. They will be a lot cheaper than an attorney. Or get your title commitment and start researching the easements yourself.

Not trying to be a smart A, but if you dont have access, you dont really have a deal. Unless you have a helo

Was hoping to find someone on here that had experience to use. I have a deal as I have river access and can still get to the land No helo needed.

[RiverRat1]

You buying Johns land finally? I tried buying that land for years. Good luck. I hope you get it for a good price and get the easements. It's a pain trying to figure out.

[Grayson]

Love to help but I'm a distance away. Not sure if Muygrande does real estate transactions.

What's your option period and what's your title objection period?

[BitBackShot]

I actually have some experience with this as I had a piece of property on a logging canal with no actual deeded easement as all 9 owners in the bottom area I was in used the same shared ROW that was never legally recorded. My "worst case scenario" was kayaking 300 yards up the canal for access.

I can't actually do anything, but I can tell you what we learned throughout the process.

[Quackerbox]

Good luck!

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[elliscountyhog]

So I will give you the layout and see what you guys think. There was a county road that went to a easement. That county road was "annexed" by a local farmer. He then through up gates and locks and gave keys to the landowners to use. However, those landowners are not sure if there is a legal easement that was done once the county road was annexed. My cousin obtained a key to that gate on a small piece of land he bought down there last week. He threatened the farmer to go to the court and have a legal easement put in place. Guess his bluff worked because he gave him a key and told him he was ok to use it. This place uses the exact same road.

[elliscountyhog]

You buying Johns land finally? I tried buying that land for years. Good luck. I hope you get it for a good price and get the easements. It's a pain trying to figure out.

His land is still there. I bet he gets a little more motivated after this deal happens. I could use a good neighbor! JS

[batmaninja]

That county road was "annexed" by a local farmer.

If the CR is a deeded ROW I dont see the farmer being able to annex the road, unless he owned all of the land around the ROW. Which it doesnt sound like he does.

If it were me I would start by getting the annexation documents from the title company, as well as any easement docs. They should all be recorded and available for you to analyze. You could also look for the CR on your appraisal district maps, to see if there is a dedicated ROW.

If it was a county road at one time, the county didnt build a road on private property.

[elliscountyhog]

If the CR is a deeded ROW I dont see the farmer being able to annex the road, unless he owned all of the land around the ROW. Which it doesnt sound like he does.

If it were me I would start by getting the annexation documents from the title company, as well as any easement docs. They should all be recorded and available for you to analyze. You could also look for the CR on your appraisal district maps, to see if there is a dedicated ROW.

If it was a county road at one time, the county didnt build a road on private property.

He owns all the land around the county road until the end of the county road which is where we are. Rumor is he made a "generious" donation to the county officials and in return they allowed him to annex several county roads down in this river bottom.

[Palmetto]

In my county I can search deeds & records on the county clerks website.
I was able to find some easements recently, and it helped to use the appraisal districts maps to find out the different landowners names.

Good luck.

[Goldeneagle]

Come on Richard! With all your money, just buy a chopper.