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| Information is King…if you understand it | Our monthly article is a submission by Derek Ezovski, President of Outsourced Risk Management Solutions (ORMS) www.orms.com written exclusively for the NETR Newsletter.
This is the first of a series of articles that I will be contributing to this newsletter focused on property risk management best practices and policies for lenders and other real estate professionals.
As an opening topic and since I am posting in a property data newsletter, it seemed worthwhile to start off with the basics…environmental and other property information. In speaking with environmental consultants, data providers and lenders throughout the country, it has become quite clear that environmental information is getting easier than ever to obtain these days. With more competition driving the cost of data down and online sources seemingly emerging from every direction, it has been easier than ever for property information to get into the hands of real estate professionals, which is very beneficial. However, many of these people freely admit to not understanding what the information means to them. The challenge for these “users” is to determine what all of this information means for them and where to locate various sources of information.
One thing that appears to be consistent, however, is the need to receive guidance on this information. Lenders are reaching out to consultants for help in creating/modifying their policy and helping to better relate this information to their specific needs. The days of one-size-fits-all approach to due diligence appears to be over.
Stay tuned to future editions to hear more about how lenders and other real estate professionals are creating and implementing risk management programs for their organizations.
About the Author: Mr. Ezovski has spent his professional career helping companies create best practices to manage their risks, with a focus on environmental risk management and remediation on real estate. The author of numerous articles on environmental due diligence and other property risk management topics, Derek played a lead role in developing desktop environmental products that are simplifying the due diligence process for lenders. As a resource to the Small Business Administration, he also used his expertise to make due diligence for SBA loans easier to manage. Derek can be reached at dezovski@orms.com and his blog can be found at blog.orms.com.
| | | | Horse Races and Naval Air Development | This month we answer the question from the June Newsletter's “Pick of the Month” and take you to the Johnsville Naval Air Development Center in Bucks County, PA. If you recall we were asking if any of our readers have any information regarding two very long runways and a large oval track in a 1940 photo of Wilcox, AZ. Diana Shiel of WestLand Resources, Inc. and one of their archeologists suggest that the runways may have been an auxiliary airfield built by the marines in WWII later to become Wilcox Municipal Airport. They also suggest the racetrack may have been a horse racing track for local boy made good, Rex Allen, and his Hollywood buddies conveniently located next to the airport for easy access. These are suggestions from our friends at WetLand Resources based on their knowledge of the area but they added these are unconfirmed suggestions. If any readers have more information or corrections please share with us.
We mentioned kml's in our last newsletter but we wanted to elaborate. You can download your purchased images with kml's allowing you to view your purchases in Google Earth! If you do not have GIS software but would like to overlay your purchased images with other geographic data such as streets, municipal boundaries or landmarks now you can!!! If you have any questions or comments on how to download or use purchased images with Google Earth let us know.
What's New this month at HistoricAerials.com:
- CT – Fairfield & New Haven counties 1972
- CT – Hartford County 1962
- FL – Miami-Dade County 2005
- ME – Cumberland & York counties 1956
- MD – Baltimore & Howard counties 1966
- MD – Harford County 2007
- MD – Harford County 2009
- MA – Bristol County 1969
- MA – Essex, Middlesex & Suffolk counties 1955
- MA – Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk & Sussex counties 1969
- MI – St. Clair County 2009
- NY – Queens County 1966
- NC – Mecklenburg and Union counties 1965
- OH – Miami County 2009
- PA – Bucks, Montgomery & Philadelphia counties 1950
- PA – Montgomery & Philadelphia counties 1948
- SC – Berkeley & Charleston counties 1957
- SC – York County 1965
- VA – portions of Fairfax County 1971
- VA – Stafford County 1952
Pick of the Month – Johnsville Naval Air Development Center in Bucks County, PA 1950
July's Pick of the Month is the Johnsville Naval Air Development Center in PA. With the success of the development of the Scout divebomber and the Buffalo fighter aircraft for the Navy in 1938, Brewster Aeronautical Corporation expanded to begin an aircraft plant on the site that later became the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, later the Naval Air Development Station (NADS), as shown below, and eventually the Naval Air Development Center (NADC). The fascinating history of this site can be found at http://www.navairdevcen.org/WarminsterParkDedication/NAWCpark.html and http://www.navairdevcen.org/.
Would you like to submit a "Pick of the Month"? You can use the "Email" button above the right side of the HistoricAerials.com viewer to send the photo.
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