As a real estate agent, I have advised clients and potential clients seeking to buy or sell parcels of land to do due diligence. If there is a recurring mud puddle it may be declared a wetland and greatly devalue the property; the same with the presence of certain plants. And of course, critters which might be considered endangered. Get rid of those problems before marketing the property or risk the consequences.
Never in writing though, always verbally.
“As a real estate agent, I have advised clients and potential clients seeking to buy or sell parcels of land to do due diligence. If there is a recurring mud puddle it may be declared a wetland and greatly devalue the property...”
This issue was addressed by the USSC in Rampanos v US. Also in SWANCC v US.
In it’s most simple terms, the USSC said that puddles and streams are not navigable waters. The issue of so-called wetlands is irrelevant under laws passed by congress.