Is my fee too high?

[Russell Spriggs]

George-
FM - ?
HPR - ?

Not familiar with the terms, sorry . . .

[William R. DeVries, CMHI]

Originally Posted by jbraun

I keep on getting outbidded on commercial this year and I am only bidding half money of what William gets. I know I am not going go any lower, I must need to work on my sales pitch.

Maybe you need to raise your bids and stand firm, state your top in your field, list what you can do and what you are capab;le to offer, got mold we can help, need IR we can hel[p, need repairs, we can help with construction inspection as well. need an energgy audit , heck we do that to.. We are here to help you.

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by wdevries

... we can help ... we can help ... we can help ... We are here to help you.

Someone understands the basics of a great business! Excellent!

[Michael R. Boyett]

Originally Posted by rspriggs

FM - ?
HPR - ?
Not familiar with the terms, sorry . . .

Russ...while you are waiting for George to respond I'll weigh in. FM or FMGlobal is Factory Mutual, a Commercial Risk management company similar to AIG. Over the years they have developed standards that have become defacto standards for how to design, construct, manage, insure commercial and industrial properties to minimize risk and manage loss prevention of all sorts (fire, flood, theft, etc). I think FM was the driving force behind sprinkler systems in the early 1900's. HPR is an acronym for "Highly Protected Risk" properties or those that have put FM standards into place.

[Russel Ray]

I thought FM was "frequency modulation" and HPR was new generation for "hipper" as in "I'm hipper than you."

[Russell Spriggs]

Ah, thanks, Mike!

[Russell Spriggs]

Originally Posted by rray

I thought FM was "frequency modulation" and HPR was new generation for "hipper" as in "I'm hipper than you."

And I thought it would be like Homeowners' Property Review . . .

[Greg Keene, CPI]

I was in high tech for a long time - we refered to FM as "frigging magic"

[Russel Ray]

I like that one. Gotta remember it.