For people buying land they have not stood on

Know the ground
before it is yours

You have been looking for this place for years. Before the money moves, a Land Profile reads what the county and federal records actually say about the parcel — the way in, the water, what is underneath, what the county allows — and tells you what they show, and where they stop.

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40.2 acres near Elfrida Land Profile · Cochise County, Arizona

The way in Settle this before you close

No recorded easement connects this parcel to a public right of way. The road shown in the listing photographs crosses two parcels in separate ownership.

Read in the Cochise County Recorder's instrument index, 1974 to today, searched by parcel number and by grantor

What is underneath The record does not say

Whether the mineral estate was severed from the surface could not be established. The deed index begins in 1974, and anything filed before that year is on paper only.

Ask at the Recorder's office, 1415 Melody Lane, Bisbee — grantor books, pre-1974

Every finding names where we read it, and which office holds it.

No recommendations. We do not tell you whether to buy, and we do not decide buildability.

When a record cannot be reached, we say so and tell you who to ask. Silence is never an answer.

The second card is the whole product

Most land research returns what it found. The difficult and valuable thing is returning what it could not find — because that is where the money is lost.

A county whose deed index only reaches back to 1974 is not a gap in our report. It is a material fact about buying land in that county, and you want it before your inspection period ends, not after closing.

So a Land Profile never returns silence. Every subject appears in every profile, and one we could not settle is reported as the record does not say — with the office, the address, and the exact question to put to them.

What we read, and what we never say

In the Land Profile

The way inWhether a recorded easement actually connects the parcel to a public road — and whether a road exists on the ground, which is a different question.
WaterWell records nearby, depths, and who has authority over a new well.
What the ground will takeSoil ratings for a septic system, and the office that permits one here.
Water that arrivesMapped flood and wetland extent, and what that mapping does and does not establish.
What is underneathWhether the mineral estate appears to have been severed from the surface.
What the county allowsMinimum lot size, frontage, setbacks, and what may actually be built.
Who owned it before youThe conveyances, exceptions, reservations and covenants in the chain — plus taxes and liens owed.
What is left to askEvery unsettled item, and exactly who can settle it.

Never in it

A recommendationWe report what public records state. Whether to buy is yours.
A buildability rulingOnly the county can make one. We tell you who to ask.
A survey, title opinion or appraisalThis is desk research and says so on every page.
A guessWhen something cannot be established, the profile says the record does not say, and names who can settle it.
Contact with anyone on your behalfWe read public records. We do not call your county, your seller, or any agency.

Free screen

Tell us the parcel and we will run the automated mapping — flood, wetlands, soils, parcel geometry — and send back what it shows. It is not a Land Profile: no one has reviewed it, and it does not touch the way in, which is the finding that matters most.

Price

A Land Profile is priced by how hard the records are to reach in that county — which we know before you are quoted, because we do not sell in a county we have not mapped. The reason for a higher price is itself a finding about buying land there.

How the county keeps its records	Profile	Back to you
Everything online, freeThe index and the document images are both published.	$299	48 hours
Online, behind a paid serviceThat cost is included in the price.	$349	48 hours
Online, with a gapOlder instruments, or a parcel search the county itself disclaims.	$399	72 hours
Paper only, at the courthouseSomeone has to search the books in person. That is why it costs more — and it is itself worth knowing.	$549	5–7 days
Free screenAutomated mapping only, no review.	$0	Same day

You are told the price and the turnaround before any payment. If we cannot cover your county, we say so rather than selling you a thinner answer.

Questions people actually ask

Is this a survey?

No. It is desk research from public records, and it says so on every page. A survey establishes boundaries and a surveyor stamps it. We tell you what the public record says and what it does not settle — often that is enough to walk away before you spend fifteen hundred dollars on a survey.

Will you tell me whether to buy it?

No, and that is deliberate. Our findings are statements about records, not conclusions about your purchase. A report that concludes is selling you judgment we cannot stand behind. What you get instead is every fact we could establish, everything we could not, and the exact question to put to each office.

What if the answer is that you could not find out?

You get that in writing, with the reason and with who can find out. That is not a failure of the product. A county with no online deed index is itself a material fact about buying land there, and knowing it before your inspection period ends is worth the fee.

Do you cover my county?

Not all of them yet. Coverage is added county by county, and each one is mapped properly before we sell in it — the deed index, the parcel mapping, the zoning authority, and the office behind every unsettled question. Ask and we will tell you where yours stands.

Why is it called Hearthseeker?

Because you are not buying land. You are looking for a place to put a hearth. The work is records research, but the reason anyone does it is a house, a camp, a farm, or somewhere to finally stop looking.