Michael

Setting up a mobile office represents a major expenditure of funds to an abstractor in terms of computer hardware, software and wireless technology. If the abstractor is to draft an abstract between 9 AM and 5PM it also reduces the time he/she has to search land records, and thereby reduces the amount of product that he/she can produce and market during the day.

Is your firm willing to compensate the abstractors adequately for the enhanced service resulting from their investment in equipment and the reduced volume of work output imposed by the tighter time costraints? Most VM's seem intent on reducing rather than increasing abstractor's fees.