CAPABILITIES
Acquire Real Estate Interests and Temporary Permits
- Identify real estate needs
- Determine ownerships by tract
- Prepare mapping, review surveys and legal descriptions
- Prepare offers, negotiate and close transactions
Relocations, Permanent and Temporary
- Acquire replacement real estate requirements
- Document costs and eligibility of displacees
- Review and payment of relocation benefit claims
Property Appraisals
- Prepare gross appraisals and cost estimates
- Prepare self-contained appraisals for commercial, industrial, residential and special use properties
- Review appraisals for conformity to USPAP and Federal requirements
- Administer appraisal contracts
Legal Assistance
- Draft real estate agreements and transactional documents in conformity with Washington or Oregon real estate law
- Prepare legal opinions
- Solid expertise with cooperation agreements, escrow agreements, and utility relocations
- Evaluate real estate tax assessments and payments
Real Estate Planning
- Identify existing conditions (topo, environmental, utilities etc.)
- Design real estate requirements to minimize costs
- Develop initial cost estimates
Consulting Services
- Provide counsel regarding Federal Land Acquisition requirements
- Provide counsel regarding Federal Relocation Assistance requirements
- Provide counsel regarding Federal Utility and Facility Relocation requirements