Posted on | October 1, 2007 | 1 Comment
I only had four inspections to do today. Three of them were super rush orders of some type and paid twenty dollars each. The nice thing about it was that two were of the same house, and one was the house next door. The fourth was about twenty miles away. Sixty-seven bucks and fifty cents for a couple of hours.
The updated Field Services Business Manual will be available for download on October 10th. Since I offer free downloads for a year after initial purchase, everyone who has purchased a manual since October 10th of 2006 will get an e-mail giving download instructions for the new version.
I will be spending most of the week finishing up the manual and getting a few other things in order. Over the weekend I had some interesting offers concerning training for field reps. I will keep you up to date as I can.
Again, I will pass along my belief that we should be spending much more time looking for opportunities outside of mortgage field services. I continue to see falling quantities, falling fees and falling respect for field reps.
For those of you interested, here is how the table of contents looks as of today for the October 10th release of the business manual:
Preface.. 11
Introduction.. 16
Acknowledgements.. 18
About the Author.. 19
Dedication.. 21
Disclaimer.. 22
Do The Right Thing.. 24
Mentoring Program.. 26
Step by Step Plans. 27
Field Services Background.. 29
A Little History. 29
Service Categories. 31
Industry Forecast 35
Business Setup.. 38
Laws. 38
Taxes. 39
Resumes. 44
Areas of Coverage. 46
Insurance. 48
Licenses. 50
Legal Issues. 51
Competition. 56
Negotiating Fees. 57
Dirty Deeds. 61
The Good Guys. 65
The Bad Guys. 67
Finding Additional Income. 69
Equipment.. 70
Vehicles. 70
Cell Phones. 70
Miscellaneous Tools & Supplies. 71
Residential Services.. 72
Bankruptcy Inspections. 73
Clean Ups. 74
Construction Funding. 75
Delinquency Inspections. 76
Drive-By Inspections. 77
Face to Face Interview.. 78
Foreclosure Inspections. 79
Hazard Inspections- Residential 80
Home Improvement Verification. 81
Insurance Loss Inspections. 82
Mobile Home Inspections. 84
Progress Reports. 84
Commercial Services.. 85
Broker Opinion of Value (BOCV) 85
Broker Price Opinion. 85
Commercial Broker Price Opinions (BPOs) 85
Commercial Property Inspection. 85
Environmental Inspections. 85
Floor Plan Inventories. 86
Loss Control Services. 87
Movie Audience Response Surveys. 87
Merchant Site Inspections. 88
Mystery Shopper Surveys. 88
Light industrial 88
Retail Outlet Verifications. 88
Television Audience Response Surveys. 88
Vehicle & Equipment Leasing Inspections. 88
Vehicle Delinquency Inspection. 88
VISA/MasterCard Merchant Credit Card Account Site Verifications. 89
Walk-Thru settlement Inspection. 89
Mortgage Field Services Business Manual 90
Apartment Inspections. 90
Asset Liquidation. 92
Floor Plan Inspections. 93
Leased Equipment Inspections. 94
Commercial Hazard Inspections. 95
Insurance Loss Inspections. 96
Merchant Site Inspections. 98
Miscellaneous Services.. 99
Aircraft Inspections. 99
Business Monitoring. 99
Cash for Keys. 99
Classic Car Inspections. 99
Disaster Inspections. 100
Introduction to Property Preservation.. 102
Boarding. 102
Broom Sweeping. 102
Carpentry. 102
Debris Removal 102
Demolition. 102
Evictions. 103
Hazard Removal 103
Debris Removal 103
Interior Cleaning. 103
Lock Changes. 103
Lock Re-keying. 103
Lawn Maintenance. 103
Pool Securing. 103
Rehab and Repair 104
Roofing. 104
Snow Removal 104
Winterization. 104
Office Procedures.. 105
Hours of Operation. 106
Vacations. 107
Mixing Inspections. 109
Quality Control 110
Performance. 111
Report Cards. 111
Cancellations. 113
Maps & Routing. 114
Telephones and Faxes. 116
Software. 118
Sharing. 120
Maps & Routing 2. 121
Payments & Invoices. 123
Field Procedures.. 124
Personal Safety. 127
Identification. 129
Dress Code. 131
Courtesy. 132
Friends In The Field. 132
Field Notes. 133
Third Party Disclosure. 135
Construction Types. 136
Occupancy Verification. 136
Access To Properties. 137
Photography.. 140
Picture Angles. 144
Specific Photo Requirements. 146
More Photo Angles. 149
More Specific Photo Requirements. 151
Very Bad Pictures. 152
Affiliations.. 153
NAMFS. 153
S.I.R.s. 153
Field Inspectors.com.. 153
SOFI 153
PROPERTYPRESERVATION.. 154
Frequently Asked Questions.. 155
How to Market to FEMA.. 157
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.. 160
Glossary.. 172
HUD M&M Contractors.. 207
Arizona and Nevada.. 207
Arkansas and Louisiana.. 207
California, Hawaii and Guam… 208
Caribbean (Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands). 208
Colorado, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming.. 208
Florida.. 209
Georgia.. 209
Illinois and Indiana.. 209
Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.. 210
Kentucky and Tennessee.. 210
Maryland and the District of Columbia.. 210
Mississippi and Alabama.. 211
New Jersey and New York. 211
North Carolina and South Carolina.. 211
North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa.. 211
Pennsylvania and Delaware.. 211
Texas (north) and New Mexico.. 211
Lists of Texas counties in each contract area.. 212
Texas (south). 212
Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. 212
Virginia and West Virginia.. 212
Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.. 213
Michigan and Ohio.. 213
Company Contact Info 250
Notary Signing Companies.. 254
Disclaimer 254
Links & Sources.. 271
Always get married early in the morning. That way, if it doesn’t work out you haven’t wasted the whole day.
Mickey Rooney
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January 3rd, 2008 @ 2:31 am
I see you have broker price opinions in the list. Thats hot right now.