My take on the source of that article is that it is entirely one sided and all out propaganda related.
For a more accurate source of information, they should have relied upon the invoices for the surveys.
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The validity of the pricing isn't an issue for them, site traffic is. Site traffic sets the value of their advertising, which we have been raising by going there
Dave Karoly, post: 358499, member: 94 wrote: That thing is pretty much useless. It is an unscientific survey; the sample is self-selected. It has nothing for California.
Just randomly looking, the average price for Miami, FL of $334 is based on 26 responses.
It looks to me like homeowners that got an MLS for $150 go on there and put in the price they paid. They have no idea that they didn't receive a Boundary Survey.
If a property owner is more sophisticated and actually gets a real Boundary Survey they probably don't go posting the price they paid on Homeadvisor.com.
But I'm just speculating.
What is an MLS? I work in FL and haven't heard of one of those. Is that a "mortgage inspection"? If so, I don't think those are allowed here. We have guys, driving an hour to work in rural FL doing lot surveys for $250. Throw in the elevation cert. and it's a whopping $300. Pitiful...
Not familiar with MLS either as relating to surveys. We have MTI, mortgagee title inspection, and ILC, improvement location certificate, as the common terms for a piece of paper with imaginary property lines on it with the locations of significant improvements on the property referenced to property lines that are given a one foot, plus or minus, level of precision. That's a joke. Many I've seen have no reference to even one found monument anywhere near the property with a boundary drawn from the subdivision plat. Mow lines, fences and retaining walls are commonly used as a best guess of boundaries so long as the resulting dimensions kinda/sorta fit the plat dimensions.
MLS in our area stands for Multiple Listing Service which is an agreement between numerous real estate firms to place all of their listings in a common data base and then work together to get the property sold by splitting commissions.
Holy Cow, post: 358970, member: 50 wrote: Not familiar with MLS either as relating to surveys. We have MTI, mortgagee title inspection, and ILC, improvement location certificate, as the common terms for a piece of paper with imaginary property lines on it with the locations of significant improvements on the property referenced to property lines that are given a one foot, plus or minus, level of precision. That's a joke. Many I've seen have no reference to even one found monument anywhere near the property with a boundary drawn from the subdivision plat. Mow lines, fences and retaining walls are commonly used as a best guess of boundaries so long as the resulting dimensions kinda/sorta fit the plat dimensions.
MLS in our area stands for Multiple Listing Service which is an agreement between numerous real estate firms to place all of their listings in a common data base and then work together to get the property sold by splitting commissions.
I don't know what I was thinking. Maybe iPad changed it for me?
