Category: Vantage Point

FFRMS… It’s a mouthful of consonants but easier to say (or type) than “Federal Flood Risk Management Standard.” Having a broad-based FFRMS means…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is pervading nearly every aspect of our lives. Businesses use it, educators use it, students use it, creative artists use…

I was fascinated by the February 2024 conviction of someone in Michigan who had purposely diverted a river—by hand. It took about a…

When my husband and I sat down to sign closing papers to buy our current house, I asked to see the deed before…

Sometimes it seems the biggest job we have is helping clients recognize what it is that they really need, which is not always…

Over the last seven years, Congress has issued 25 short-term reauthorizations of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), hindering the program’s stability. As…

FEMA has finally issued a replacement to the Elevation Certificate that expired November 30, 2022, and we need to use only the new…

These words seem to indicate time without end. We see them relating to conservation of open space and farmland, dedication of open space,…

So little land left, so much pressure to build…. That combination is becoming more stressful in the places I work and live. But…

I am asked more often than I’d like about how far back to research deeds in the process of surveying. My answer is…