I don't post much, but I do read the forum daily during the work week, so I've already seen the threads I'm interested in by the time the email comes ...

And you said, "Put down a big deposit, I'm not waiting for the land to sell to get paid." OR "I've decided not to take on this job. You will need to...

That clause is your first layer of protection. The E & O insurance is the second layer. How thick do you need the second layer to be? You might wa...

Exactly this ^^^^ Encourage your client to push the town to issue corrective deeds for the two lots. It will bite him in the tookus later when he tri...

Do you have a "Limitation of Liability" clause in your written contracts? That's a very good way to protect yourself.

The purpose of professional licensing, is to protect the public from fraud. The fraud being an incompetent person selling services for which he/she is...

The landscaper made it easy for my crew to find this one.

Give the county guy what he wants. Figure out the fee for the gnarliest, most remote, swamp soaked, overgrown acre within that 10 acre tract. Write th...

I just had to turn away a boundary dispute survey, because the potential client did not have title to the piece of land he wanted to defend. I told hi...

We have a Rivers Protection Act dating from 1992 that created a 200' Riverfront Area around all perennial rivers and streams, measured from the Mean H...

Isn't that state-specific, just like with NAD88. How did Washington state implement their version of NAD27 State Plane Coordinates?

@jitterboogie?ÿ My limited experience with urban renewal areas is this - surveying a lot in Boston within an urban renewal area from the 1960's or 70...

Mass, no. There's been some discussion about it over the past few years, but I'm not sure how much push there is for it. When I was registered in Mai...

14" Tree at Lot Corner Found. Identify the tree species if you can. Maybe set an iron rod on line 5' away.

This is my question, too. I thought the NFIP required participating municipalities to enact regulations to prevent such stupidity. ?ÿ

You should check the NH Land Surveyor's Association for reprints of seminar handouts. Order the ones that will address any deficiencies in your knowle...