Hmmm that's interesting. I wonder why the survey cost so much if it was only $200 before, unless that was like more than 15 years ago or something. (I'm just guessing)
It was 2010 when we did a survey last. So it was only 6 years ago. I have no idea why, except that the guy who did it before, was an independent surveyor. He's dead now, so we can't use him again.
Could you try GoFundMe.com?
I have tried a go fund me page before, and I'm so not in a position to deal with the same negativity that I was faced with, the last time I tried. My dad wants a survey done out here, eventually anyway, so when he can, he'll take care of it. God will take care of anything that might happen before that.
Also, not being in compliance with the things they want, doesn't do anything to us. We've looked through what might happen if something isn't the way they want it, they aren't allowed to really do anything, so the most we get for it, is a "no-no". That's all they can do. There aren't any legal consequences for using your property the way you want to. Not here in Wyoming, as far as we know.
We'll get it done eventually though.
We've had a neighbor throwing fits about this stuff since we moved here, and through all of those fits, nobody has been able to do anything about it.