Anyone have experience with First American Due Diligence? I see they offer surveys on their website.
Do they sub the survey, or do they have PLS's and crews themselves?
The company I used to work for does work for them. They sub out the work. You do the survey, draw it up on their border and send it out. Get paid half when accepted by them and half when they close.
Matt
> The company I used to work for does work for them. They sub out the work. You do the survey, draw it up on their border and send it out. Get paid half when accepted by them and half when they close.
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> Matt
When do you get the other half when it doesn't close?
I do not have any idea. As far as I know they have not been stuck with any that have not closed. I no longer work for them and will not do any work for First America. I do not have the ability to go months without getting paid.
Matt
Panda Express contracted with First American Commercial Due Diligence Services for an ALTA survey with topography near Tucson, Arizona. FACDDS subcontracted the surveying to Mapping Solutions of Hendersonville, Nevada. MS was not authorized to practice surveying in any state because they didn't have a land surveyor on staff. MS then faked the entire survey, and sealed it using the stolen identity of an Arizona land surveyor.
The survey was so obviously fraudulent I knew within minutes of looking at the drawing that it didn't meet any standard (it was that bad). I somehow don't call that anything remotely like due diligence, do you?
They seem to always have employment ads for field crew throughout Texas larger cities.
I say always but there seems to be some correlation between upswings in the market and their frequency.
May I presume that the proper authorities and the firm ordering the survey were notified of the problem?
The authorities cracked down hard on the people involved. It took two years to sort out the mess because the guilty parties were denying responsibility and pointing to someone else. It is hard to track down fraud and stolen identities.
whooops
Apologize, that was First American title co. (it looks like) that was repeatedly hiring for crews, not first american due diligence.
Haven't seen one of their ads in awhile now.
