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Joined: July 12, 2012 11:30 am
Last seen: April 14, 2026 8:22 am
Topics: 130 / Replies: 2201
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RE: Advertising? Unprofessional? Unethical?

Advertising isn't unethical.?ÿ Boastful claims, such as calling yourself the best, is. It's a double edge sword.?ÿ You get more traffic, but half or ...

6 years ago
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RE: Writing Deeds

I don't even like calling them, "legal" descriptions.?ÿ I usually call them "lot" or "parcel" descriptions

6 years ago
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RE: Practice of Land Surveying or not?

So, basically, anyone can find pipes/pins, it's in saying what they represent that makes it surveying

6 years ago
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RE: Non-owner wants survey

As others have said, the big issues are access and payment.?ÿ I've done this for a prospective buyer, and the seller didn't have any problem with me ...

6 years ago
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RE: Practice of Land Surveying or not?

@a-harris Back from the filed.  Lots of action on this one Chose not to renew in a state he hated to work in - NY No complaints, no actions ag...

6 years ago
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RE: Practice of Land Surveying or not?

This is where I think the line lies

6 years ago
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RE: Practice of Land Surveying or not?

@holy-cow I actually don't find them to be very clear.  And I don't think that there's anything that prevents a landowner from looking for his/h...

6 years ago
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RE: Practice of Land Surveying or not?

@holy-cow I don't disagree.  But could the homeowner use the plat and metal detector herself to look for the corner monuments?  Is that lan...

6 years ago
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RE: BMs in Trees

@james-fleming Then someone at a RR crossing could just as easily been killed by that.  Not necessarily an issue of needing flagman protection, ...

6 years ago
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RE: BMs in Trees

@james-fleming Sure, if it's a dangerous situation.  Maybe not you, but I've had to secure a detail for short dead-end streets with no houses.&n...

6 years ago
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RE: BMs in Trees

@james-fleming Raise your hand if you've never worked on a RR ROW or track, safely, with no incident or threat of incident   I've had flagmen ...

6 years ago
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RE: BMs in Trees

@bill93 Yeah, kind of what I said....

6 years ago
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RE: BMs in Trees

@not-my-real-name I'll take my chance fouling the tracks without a flagman next time.  We did a recent project where we needed 1200' of topo wit...

6 years ago
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RE: BMs in Trees

@bill93 I don't remember that being discussed, but I've never seen where they haven't been good, even years later.  I chisel and X or use an awl...

6 years ago
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RE: BMs in Trees

@not-my-real-name Of course it is.  May not be your preference, though. Hydrant flange bolts, utility poles, trees.  Set more than one so ...

6 years ago
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RE: The unicorn has been sighted

@mightymoe Maybe.  I've never really looked at it from the legal/title side, just the survey side.  Follow the chain back, and fill in miss...

6 years ago
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RE: The unicorn has been sighted

@mightymoe Yes, that was my post.  They asked the closing attorney about it, and apparently they executed a corrective deed.  Sometimes thi...

6 years ago
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RE: The unicorn has been sighted

Damn, thought this was in terms of the Hot/Crazy Matrix ?ÿ (I'm sure I'm not the only one)

6 years ago
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