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New Jersey Wetlands Can Be Searched Without A Warrant?

by PropertyPilot on April 22, 2013

Land Located Within A New Jersey Wetlands Zone Can Be Searched Without A Warrant The NJ Supreme Court recently issued a landmark ruling that permits warrantless searches of residential and commercial property subject to the Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act (hereafter “FWPA”), N.J.S.A. 13:9B-1 et seq. This paves the way for unannounced administrative inspections of private [...]

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Sandy Victims May Have Wait Awhile For New Jersey Tax Appeals

by PropertyPilot on April 15, 2013

Sandy Victims May Have To Wait A Year To Get Tax Relief The April 1st deadline for filing a tax appeal within the State of New Jersey came and went and county boards are receiving a record numbers of appeals from homeowners who believe their property’s values have dropped so precipitously that they should be granted [...]

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Many Problems + Great Minds = Solutions

April 1, 2013

Last week was “Honor Roll” week for me here at PropertyPilot. As most of you know, I created our GIS based platform because public information was so scattered and I needed a simple tool to organize and use public data sets.  PropertyPilot was born from a problem; from a need and it has progressed into [...]

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[Part 3] Three Ways to Profit From Investing In Tax Liens In New Jersey

March 22, 2013

How To Invest In Tax Liens This is part 3 in our 4 part series on investing in tax liens. In the 1st part of our series we gave an overview of tax lien investing, discussing their unique, superior subordination position against other lien types. In Part 2 of our series we discussed three ways [...]

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New FEMA Flood Zones Will Force Massive Insurance Premiums

March 13, 2013

If You Live In The New FEMA Flood Zones Brace Yourself For The Storm Even prior to Hurricane Sandy that struck the Northeast in late October, 2012, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had been working to update the outdated flood zone maps used by many over 20 years.  The superstorm further added to FEMA’s [...]

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Costly Appraisals Vs. Online Automated Valuation Models

March 7, 2013

Are Online Automated Valuation Models A Low-Cost Appraisal? There are a number of ways an individual can estimate the market value of real estate, and with the growth of the internet over the past 10 years these methods have become more commonplace. The results are more divergent than ever.  Anyone can jump on a site like [...]

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