OWNER'S REPRESENTATION.

Owner's Representation: Your Strategic Advocate.

Navigating the entitlement process is complex — filled with technical consultants, regulatory hurdles, and shifting timelines. As an Owner’s Representative, we act as your dedicated advocate, guiding your project from concept to approval while protecting your time, budget, and vision. Unlike individual consultants who focus on their specific discipline, we oversee the entire process — coordinating planners, engineers, architects, and surveyors — so you don’t have to.

How We Compare.

Below is a professional comparison table that highlights the unique role of an Owner’s Representative versus other consultants involved in the entitlement and development process:
ROLE
Owner’s Representative
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Planner



​​Engineer


Architect



Surveyor
PRIMARY FOCUS
Overall project strategy, coordination, and advocacy
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Land use, zoning, and regulatory compliance


​Infrastructure design (civil, structural, etc.)

Building design and aesthetics



Land measurement and boundary definition
WHO THEY REPRESENT 
Property Owner
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Owner or municipality



​Owner


Owner



Owner
SCOPE OF WORK
Oversees entitlement process, manages consultants, interfaces with agencies

Prepares planning documents, zoning analysis, and entitlement applications

Designs site utilities, grading, drainage, and structural systems

Creates building layouts, elevations, and construction drawings

Conducts topographic, boundary, and ALTA surveys
COORDINATION ROLE
Central coordinator



Limited to planning scope



 Limited to engineering


 Limited to design



No coordination role
DECISION-MAKING ROLE
Strategic advisor to owner



Advisory only



Advisory only


Advisory only



Technical contributor only

WHY IT MATTERS.

The Owner’s Representative is the only role focused on protecting the owner's interests across all disciplines --ensuring the project moves forward efficiently without the owner having to manage every technical detail or bureaucratic hurdle.

READY TO MOVE FORWARD?

Whether you're developing a single property or managing a portfolio, we’re here to make the entitlement process faster, smoother, and less stressful.
​Let’s talk about how we can support your next project.
"Mike completely over-delivered as an owner's representative for our 38-paper lot entitlement approval. He is not just extremely knowledgeable, but you can tell the city staff, engineers, etc. treat him with an extra level of respect because of the way he effectively and professionally handles conversations. The fact that he has 20+ years of experience in this field is very obvious from the time he starts consulting until the time you hear him communicate with key players. He really went to bat for us. My only regret about working with Mike was not bringing him in sooner into our project. Before Mike stepped in, we were struggling with an unresponsive engineer and unresponsive city staff in a project that turned into a stalled nightmare. Mike came in and turned it around for us over a few months. Can't recommend enough." - Alfredo E. solvehomeproblems.com

"The value in this subdivision bundle is in the 25+ hours of personal history and experience that is imparted. The subdivision process is fairly easy to understand, particularly after the first one or two. But all the little "gotchas" that municipalities put into their ordinances trip the unwary, and the "death by a thousand paper cuts" that he has experienced helps all the rest of us avoid the paper cuts." - Jim H.


"The information that Mike Marshall and his team compile is invaluable. I've worked with Planning & Zoning departments in two states in a few counties, but once I reviewed some of Mike's material, I realized I was only looking at a little square of gray leathery skin. Meaning this exception list showed me the proverbial full elephant that I was really staring at, and the opportunity that that body of knowledge represented nationwide. Intelligently written and not sales-y, this product can't be found anywhere else, and applied correctly can be worth a ton of money." - Alicia P. (State by State Planning Exception List)

"Love the underutilized properties course. Makes you see a whole new world of possibilities. Overall,a great course that could only add value as an investor."  - Martin Z.