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Old 07-20-2008, 10:31 PM
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I like your idea, tfld, of charging less for the design in order to project manage it.
I'd be careful doing this guys. What happens when the client decides to walk away from the project? What happens if they decide to hire a different contractor? This stuff happens...

Don't comprise your fee

Also, don't set your PM fee too low. I suggest setting 10% pure profit as the lowest you will go. I think that's a mark up of 11.11%. If you set your fee too low, you won't make jack for the amount of time you actually spend on overseeing the project.
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