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did you like solving puzzles when you
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were a kid do you still like messing
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them because there's one type of a
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puzzle that you have to be highly
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familiar with if you want to pass your
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exam hi my name is Dora and today I will
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reveal to you a highly vital term it's
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definition short background types and
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most important the specific questions
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you might be asked about it at your real
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estate exam have you ever wondered how
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property boundaries are being
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established and measured in the United
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States well the system I must tell you
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is really like a puzzle but in order to
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understand more of it let's travel back
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in time first in the late 18th century
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when homesteaders and sellers were
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expanding their land fast towards the
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West they started using a grit system
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specifically so that they can measure
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and distribute the land this system
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surprise is still in use today and it is
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called the rectangular service system
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also known as the government Survey
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System or the public lens Survey
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System and it does look like a puzzle
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why because it is based on a grid made
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up of rectangles and divided into
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smaller sections so as we have
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established there has been created a
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network of property lines and boundaries
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that is called the rectangular Survey
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System which is made up of grid lines
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and the two most important types of
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those grid lines are principal meridians
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baselines guide meridians and standard
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parallels form quadrangles and each grid
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Township these townships are then
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divided in into smaller sections
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measuring 1 Mile Square known as
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sections then each section is further
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divided into half sections and quarter
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sections and that all together creates
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this detailed network of boundaries and
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lines once you are at your real estate
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exam most typically you can be asked
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about two important questions relating
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to the rectangular service
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system one you might need need to
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identify sections in the rectangular
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Survey System by quarter half Township
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Baseline principal Meridian two you
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might be asked if the rectangular Survey
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System is used in your own state so look
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your state up because it's very much
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State dependent all right Washington
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Alabama New Mexico Utah Arizona those
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are for instance States that use this
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system so a the real estate exam by
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brushing up on the rectangular Survey
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System and its components and don't
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forget there is a number of highly
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important yet lesser known terms that
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you must be familiar with if you want to
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pass your real estate exam so don't
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hesitate check out our other videos on
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those terms and don't forget confidence
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and preparedness are the keys if you
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want to pass this exam you can do said
