by Ethan Atkinson | Oct 13, 2026 | PropertyPedia, U-Z
A witness tree (also known as a line tree) is a living tree located directly on a property boundary line that has been marked by a surveyor to identify the location of that boundary. Historically, surveyors used trees as natural landmarks when establishing property...
by Ethan Atkinson | Oct 13, 2026 | PropertyPedia, U-Z
If you live in the Southwestern United States and you work in real estate, you may encounter the term “vara” surprisingly frequently. A vara is a historical unit of length used in land surveying and property descriptions, particularly in areas of the...
by Ethan Atkinson | Jul 27, 2026 | PropertyPedia, U-Z
What is YNUR in a real estate listing description? Is it a cool new acronym that everyone’s talking about? Well… sort of, depending on what “cool” means to you. YNUR is an RMLS field designation indicating that a condominium-related feature or...
by Ethan Atkinson | Jul 21, 2026 | PropertyPedia, U-Z
A vampire property is a residential property that has gone through foreclosure or has been abandoned by its owner, but is still occupied by former owners, tenants, or other individuals who remain in the home. This puts the property in a sort of “undead”...
by Ethan Atkinson | Jul 12, 2026 | PropertyPedia, U-Z
New Wholesaler Laws in North Dakota Beginning August 1, 2025, North Dakota expanded its real estate wholesaling law to apply to all real property, rather than only residential real property. Under the revised law, a wholesaler is a person who enters into an agreement...
by Ethan Atkinson | Jul 1, 2026 | PropertyPedia, U-Z
Wild Deed is a deed that has been recorded but cannot be connected to the property’s chain of title. This usually occurs when a deed is recorded before the grantor’s own deed has been recorded, or when a prior conveyance was never recorded at all. Because...
