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Never Fear Metes and Bounds Again: Simple Tricks for Exam Mastery
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Dec 11, 2024
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what do a 17th century surveyor tool a
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modern GPS and your real estate exam
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success have in common the answer lies
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in simple tricks that have been hiding
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in a plain site for centuries they're so
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straightforward yet you wonder why
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textbooks never mention them but they
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Cal because in a second I will reveal
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the secrets that are about to make meats
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and Bounds your new favorite topic let's
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go what are meats and Bounds meets and
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Bounds are not an address they don't
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highlight the street name or even the
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text parcel ID they are the legal
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description of a property so the buyer
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always knows exactly what they're
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getting they simply describe the
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boundaries of the real property itself
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the term Meats means a straight line
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between two points however in real
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estate Meats also have Direction
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orientation and distance an example of a
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meat description would be North 30 °
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East for 250 ft the direction here is
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Northeast the orientation is 30° and the
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distance is 250 ft bounds on the other
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hand are more General they outline the
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line around fixed natural or artificial
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landmarks that Mark the boundaries or
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corners of the
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property examples of natural bounds
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include Rivers trees rocks and streams
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while artificial bounds are roads walls
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and fences if it is around the property
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and it can be used to Mark the boundary
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of the property then it is a bound if
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you had a Bound in a property
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description it would read along the bank
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of the Smith River or to the stone wall
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meats and Bounds are both lines an
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example of meats and Bounds written in a
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deed would look like beginning at an
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iron stake at the northwest corner of
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the property then South 45°
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East for 500 ft to large oak tree dense
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North 60° East for 300 ft to a stone
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marker then South 30° West for 450 ft to
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a pine tree then North 30° West for 450
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ft to the point of
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beginning the history of meats and
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Bounds meats and Bounds originate from
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English common law and they were used in
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England and then transported to all the
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English colonies in fact the first 13
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colonies of the United States were
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divided using the system of meats and
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Bounds but the system was changed in
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1975 but you may ask why due to the long
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list of possible inaccuracies in the
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system imagine a property description
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whose bounds are around an oak tree and
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River what happens when a tree gets
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struck by lightning or the riverbed
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moves so do the property lines these
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inaccuracies demanded the rise of a new
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and more precise surveying technique
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however even with the rectangular Survey
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System and the government survey method
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meats and Bounds haven't been completely
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forgotten they are still used in areas
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where it is difficult to determine the
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exact boundaries of a property for
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example in case of forland tricks for
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the exam now that you understand the
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history and definition of meats and
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Bounds let's move to those exam tricks
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know your
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vocabulary I have said it before and I
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will say it again and again and again
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and again if you know your vocabulary
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then you have have the battle one here
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because vocabulary is such an integral
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part of the real estate exam we even
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included it in our 10 Insider tips video
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where we talked about you know the key
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to p real EST state exam so if you
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haven't seen that video then go and
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check it out you will find its Link in
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the description below but back to our
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topic and meets and Bounds what are the
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most important words to remember for the
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real estate exam let's see point of
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beginning po o also called the point of
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commencement P the point of beginning is
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the clearly defined starting point of
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the description for example start
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starting at a large Oak Tree by the
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Green River the large oak tree is our
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starting point Monument a monument is a
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natural or artificial Landmark that
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marks the corners or significant points
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along the property boundary think trees
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Rivers iron pegs or any identifiable
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Landmark around the property used in the
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meats and bounce description Rod a rod
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is a unit of measurement that equates to
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to 16.5 ft chain yet another unit of
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measurement used by surveyors in the
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past these were literal chains and one
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chain measured four
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rods all right let's see the second tip
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here draw it
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out now this method may be a little
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unconventional but if you are struggling
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with a meets and Bounds question on the
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exam try drawing the L parel make a
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rough sketch of the property following
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the directions from the point of
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beginning Around The Monuments and back
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to it this will allow you to visualize
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the property its boundaries and sequence
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and if you encounter a question about
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the shape of the property then you will
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already have that information determined
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based on the drawing that you made tip
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number three know your measurements the
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meats portion of the description uses
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several measurements to quantify the
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property we have degrees that showcase
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the Oriental direction of the land
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minutes are a subset of a degree so one
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degree equals to 60 minutes then we have
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seconds which are a subset of the
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minutes just like on a clock a complete
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minute takes 60 seconds tip number four
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it ends where it starts the last tip I
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want you to take with you into the exam
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room is that meets and Bounds end where
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they start the SEC sequence of this
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legal description ends right where it
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started because the point of the
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beginning is the point of the end exam
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questions let's try a few exam questions
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that Mark what you should expect in the
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exam for this topic question number one
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in a Ms and Bounds description what does
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the point of beginning po represent the
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geographical center of the property the
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starting point of the property
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description the highest elevation point
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on the property or the location of the
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main building on the property and the
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correct answer is B the starting point
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of the property description the PO is
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the initial reference point in a meat
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and Bounds description you remember we
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just spoke about this it's where the
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description starts and ends creating a
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closed
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boundary question number two if a
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property line is described as H South
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30° West four 12 rods how many feet is
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the
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distance 132 ft 198 ft 216 ft or 360 ft
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and the correct answer is
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b98 Ft a rod equals 16.5 ft so 12 rods
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equal to
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198
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ft question number three which of the
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following is not typically used as a
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Bound in a meat and Bounds description a
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large oak tree a stone wall a river bank
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or a GPS
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coordinate and the correct answer is you
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guess it right a GPS coordinate bounds
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are usually physical visible landmarks
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while a large oak tree stone wall and
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Riverbank are all examples of
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traditional bounds a GPS coordinate is a
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modern precise location marker but not a
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visible Landmark it would typically be
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used in more modern serving methods
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rather than traditional meats and Bounds
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descriptions I hope these tricks helped
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you to transform this topic from a
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stumbling block to a stepping stone for
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exam success if you are feeling more
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confident after watching this video then
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