I
offer a reconnaissance service that can provide clients with enough
information, in a timely manner, to proceed with initial land purchase
negotiations. My goal is helping the client decide the general value
of the property prior to, or without the need for, a more costly evaluation.
The technical information that I can quickly determine about a property
includes: verification of reported acreages, ocular estimates of the
timber value, water availability, potential sites for home construction,
rock quarry potential, possible access road problems, approximate
cost to hook up to community utility services, etc.
Although the most effective recons are accomplished by actually visiting
a property, I
can often provide a client with much information about a property
using just aerial photographic interpretation.