And it's only Monday mornin'.
I've received six phone calls from a really nice guy that is selling mom & pop's property in a small town south of here.
"He's two hours north"...
"He's never sold property before"...
"He's never hired a surveyor before"..
"He's never dealt with an attorney (probate, no doubt) before"...
"He can't take off work to show me where the property is at"...(I think I'll be able to find it, Sir.)
"Do I have to pay you before you survey it?" (hmmm, that one was tempting..)
"He doesn't have email..he doesn't have a fax"..
These are all the things he's related to me over the last six calls(actually seven..he called while I was typing this).
After trying my best to let him know he's in good hands, I told him I think he might actually live through it all.
I also had to commend him on his preparation. He actually had the legal description (Lots and Block) of the property right in front of him..something that a lot of people that call DON'T have...what a good client.
And of course you have sent him a contract outlining what you are prepared to provide him with and asked for an appropriate retainer.
"I've received six phone calls from a really nice guy that is selling mom & pop's property in a small town south of here."
Run Forrest, Run!!!!! 😉
Have a great week!
I'll take 1 overly anal potential client asking lots of logical questions, and who needs my services - over 10 "hey buddy" potential clients who try and tell me how to survey their property and how easy it will be - and also needs my services (and is shopping price).
Mr Anal jobs always go clean and they are always happy. Mr Hey Buddy always throws a curve and things somehow get misconstrued (from their end).
That remains, and always will remain, one of the ongoing challenges of educating the public (clients)
I'll trade my worry-wart for yours. Yours will almost definitely pay you. Mine is the next door neighbor. He dogged us like a cat sniffing catnip. He said his place had been surveyed about three different times......before he bought it, of course. He pointed towards where we had found a 3/4" rebar sticking up about 40" and at a ten degree slant and declared he had been told it was an "original stake". He said there was another of those "original stakes" at the northeast corner of his property. Sure enough, there it was............. an electric fence post. However, he did show us a 1/2" rebar driven in his driveway that we agree with. He wanted to know why we had driven a nail in the far side of the driveway nowhere near his property corner. Trying to explain that this was a temporary point that meant absolutely nothing to anyone but us and it would be removed before we were done was quite the ordeal. Apparently he has never heard of geometry, Pythagorus and all that other neat mathematickle stuff we crazy number-crunchers play with.
How Can "South Of Here" Be "2 Hours North" ?
You got me with those polar statements, or maybe bi-polar statements?
Paul in PA
How Can "South Of Here" Be "2 Hours North" ?
I'll take a stab at it. 😉 I think the subject property is south of Paden, but the client lives 2 hours north of the subject property.
How Can "South Of Here" Be "2 Hours North" ?
OK with that, I reread the original post more carefully than I did last night.
Paul in PA
How Can "South Of Here" Be "2 Hours North" ?
Maybe it's like life here in Maine;
Whenever we go somewhere, even if it's to Montreal, we say "I'm headin' down to Montreal."
How Can "South Of Here" Be "2 Hours North" ?
> Maybe it's like life here in Maine;
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> Whenever we go somewhere, even if it's to Montreal, we say "I'm headin' down to Montreal."
You guys must be like Texans and think everywhere else is beneath you 😉
> Mine is the next door neighbor.
Don't you remember one of our code of ethics - never tell your neighbor that you are a surveyor...
I suppose you could just tell them not to worry because you're surveying your own property, not theirs. Then recommend your favorite arch rival competitor to them. The satisfaction is knowing they'll be writing a check of variable denominations, even if it's not to you.
How Can "South Of Here" Be "2 Hours North" ?
If I called Paden and told him my property was "2 hours south of here" that would put it in Eugene, Oregon.