Due Diligence

Land trusts are in the real estate business. Regardless of their altruistic goals, conservation purposes or mission statements, the commodity of a land trust is land or property interests. This document presents the basics of important real estate concepts.

Conservation attorney Steve Swartz and conservation director Dan Roix, Columbia Land Trust (accredited), will cover basic real estate concepts, legal elements of real estate transactions and the acquisition process from property identification through title searches and related due diligence to closing.

This webinar provides a road map to help you navigate the complex legal, technical and practical matters involved in conservation easement and fee acquisition transactions. Conservation attorney Sara Clark will discuss the essential steps involved in due diligence.

Closing a real estate purchase transaction should occur smoothly if a land trust completes all of its due diligence steps in a timely and thorough fashion, which will reduce the chance of unpleasant surprises.

This full-color brochure is ideal for handing out to landowners and presents an overview of ways to conserve land.

This is a handy checklist for transactions from the Tax Benefits and Appraisals course book.