to make me ask why?
We talk about liability and risk. Proper knowledge of the task at hand, professional fees and working outside of a skill set (oxford commas, aside). I get it. But, damn. If someone with more depth than me can screw the pooch six ways to Sunday, on a platted subdivision lot... well, just *âÂ#+!!!
I should have stayed home, today. Thank goodness Costco has a fine price on mass quantities of Guinness Draught in the pint sized can.
Good day to you all,
:clink:
Their approach:
1) have a large insurance policy already in place due to other work
2) put your employee in the most need of mentoring in charge of the job
3) make sure it is a loooooooong way from the home office
These are a pretty small part of my business and, I guess there's enough time between them that I forget.
Maybe it's the scale of the job. Large tracts generally have something to dig into and sort out. No problem. Part of the love for this profession.
But, when a post-stamp lot, in an edm era division, recorded with centerline monumentation, is sideways from the double-monumented-front get-go, I'd like to haul somebody's chariot to the pick'n'pull. With all their gear inside. No charge.
On the guy that needs the most mentoring: I think it's too late around here. The big firms don't touch them (outside of business model) so, it's licensed practitioners and the mentoring must have been nil, or horribly wrong.
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Reflecting on the working for free thread, maybe I'll limit future efforts to pro-bono, only. My timeframe. Invoices akin to:
Fee for professional services: unquantifiable.
Less,preserving my sanity discount.
Balance due: 0.00
...Makes the client that questions an invoice for reimbursables seem like an old amigo.
Less liability, when bill is 0.00
back-chain, post: 414847, member: 7900 wrote: to make me ask why?
We talk about liability and risk. Proper knowledge of the task at hand, professional fees and working outside of a skill set (oxford commas, aside). I get it. But, damn. If someone with more depth than me can screw the pooch six ways to Sunday, on a platted subdivision lot... well, just *âÂ#+!!!
I should have stayed home, today. Thank goodness Costco has a fine price on mass quantities of Guinness Draught in the pint sized can.
Good day to you all,
:clink:
Apologies in advance but;
I think you could have left off the comma between "oxford commas" and "aside"; but wouldn't it have been more efficient and less typing if you just put a comma after "fees" and leff off the parenthetical comment altogether? 😉
Residential subdivision properties can sometimes turn in to a can of worms. I think a lot of firms just don't like to take them on whatsoever.
Damn'it, [USER=7285]@Tom Adams[/USER]. Just when I think I've learned something from all the time I spend on this site. :p
I enjoy them, easy work. It's like a bread and butter part of our business. Big projects are more fun and interesting, but the lot surveys pay the grocery bills!
Around here (North-Central Florida), most of the lot surveys are ordered by title companies for real estate closings. The two most valued qualities that they look for In a professional surveyor is that he/she is fast and cheap. Oh and sometimes cheap may be free when the deal doesn't close and you had better not complain about it. So.... a lot of the time you have a below average surveyor who hires below average survey techs (if you have a valid drivers license and can fog a mirror, you are qualified) to do the actual work. All and all, not pretty. I almost wish they (bank/title company) would just close without the survey, so our reputation doesn't get tarnished.
Bow Tie Surveyor, post: 414921, member: 6939 wrote: Around here (North-Central Florida), most of the lot surveys are ordered by title companies for real estate closings. The two most valued qualities that they look for In a professional surveyor is that he/she is fast and cheap. Oh and sometimes cheap may be free when the deal doesn't close and you had better not complain about it. So.... a lot of the time you have a below average surveyor who hires below average survey techs (if you have a valid drivers license and can fog a mirror, you are qualified) to do the actual work. All and all, not pretty. I almost wish they (bank/title company) would just close without the survey, so our reputation doesn't get tarnished.
Was it Ben Franklin that quipped: I experienced two financial disasters in my life, once when I hired a surveyor and once when I didn't. Well, it was something like that:)