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The map above is a tiny slice of my week. My clients are buying the home that sits on lot 387 of that plat map. Their insurance underwriter deemed it vital that they know where the fire hydrants are with respect to that house. This is a job that can be delegated, but it is not a job that can be easily disintermediated. In anticipation of sputtering expostulations: I made another trip to that house to measure the exact dimensions of the cavities of space into which the appliances will be installed. These are but two of the dozens of little things that go into delivering the whole<\/i> product…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The map above is a tiny slice of my week. My clients are buying the home that sits on lot 387 of that plat map. Their insurance underwriter deemed it vital that they know where the fire hydrants are with respect to that house. 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