Surveyor Guide
Find out whether a land-surveying line is even legally possible before you spend a dollar on equipment. This 17-page guide covers why boundary, ALTA and elevation-certificate work requires a licensed Professional Surveyor's seal, the partner-first model that lets you build a real business without becoming that licensed surveyor yourself, and the honest 90-day go / hold / stop decision — plus working templates to run it with.
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What It Covers
Why a bank, title company or FEMA will never accept a boundary, ALTA or elevation-certificate deliverable from anyone but a licensed Professional Surveyor — and why that makes this different from every other trade in the catalog. Two real paths forward: partnering with an already-licensed surveyor who wants to offload marketing and scheduling, versus the multi-year personal licensure track. What the equipment actually costs ($30,000–$75,000 for a total station, GPS/GNSS receiver and survey software) and why none of it should be bought before a licensed path is confirmed. Market pricing references and the one metric that decides go, hold or stop inside 90 days.
Working Templates Included
- Startup checklist
- Equipment and startup budget worksheet
- Survey estimate template
- Customer invoice template
- Field job log
- Licensed-partner and lead tracker
- Compliance and field-safety check
This guide gives you the framework. A full plan for this trade isn’t written yet. To find out whether it can work in your own town, Make It Your Town ($49) gives you a market-check file right away, then I research your trade and zip code and email you what I find. 7-day refund, unless I’ve already emailed your research. Refund policy.