Survey company did two different surveys on the same land. Which do I rely on?
I bought land and the neighbor has a fence. The survey from 2022 done by the previous owner shows the neighbor has put their fence 5 feet into my land. When I brought this up to the neighbor they told me to kick rocks and sue them. This is significant because the city said it's going to be close if they approve us for 3 bedroom so we need every foot we can get. I spoke with an attorney who sent me an engagement letter and a retainer for $2500 and suggested I get a survey of my own in case the neighbors try to dispute by saying that I haven't done a survey myself. I figured I'd go back to the same company the previous owners used and they'd just copy and paste no problem. However, now the same company is saying the neighbor's fence is actually only 1 foot inside my land. I feel like whichever survey we rely on will be to our detriment: if we go with the 5 foot and sue, we might find out the 1 foot was correct and be out 5-20k legal fees thanks to the surveyor. Or we follow the 1 foot survey and then find out years down the road that the 5 foot was right and we could have had a bigger house. I'm tempted to just tell the company we're going to get a 3rd opinion and not pay them since we can't trust them, but I'm sure they will send me to collections and at a time when I need my credit score to be good so I can take a mortgage. What would the experts here advise?