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Life is a Yo-Yo lifestyle-goals-future-slow-appraiser Nov 17, 2023

I suck.  No, really I do.  I am a sad specimen of a human being.  I know what I should do every day to live a healthy, productive, and wealthy lifestyle, but I don’t do it.  Well, I do it much of the time, but I just am not as consistent as I should be.  As a mentor...

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“Mommy’s not home, but she says you can come in.” lifestyle-goals-future-slow-appraiser Nov 16, 2023

We’ve all been there before. You drive for an hour for an inspection. When you get there, you knock on the door, only to have it opened by the kids. You ask them if their parents are home, to which they respond, “No.” When you call the parents, they say something like,...

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Scheduling Rush Orders marketing-advertising-fees-clients-appraisals Nov 14, 2023

A problem that I’ve run into several times during my coaching, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, is rush orders. Appraisers don’t know what to do. They’re scheduled out 4, 5, 8 weeks, and then they get a call from someone they’ve done business for for years with a...

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The Best Way to Predict the Future lifestyle-goals-future-slow-appraiser Nov 07, 2023

Getting older got you thinking about retirement? Well, hopefully this isn’t the first time it’s crossed your mind. It’s never too early to think about what you want your job to look like long term. And the ideal retirement plan might look different for you than it does your...

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Pajamas Vs. Productivity successful-volume-appraisal-business Oct 31, 2023

The myth we often believe when it comes to working from home is that productivity significantly slows down. The image you probably have in your head is someone who lounges around watching soap operas and is just mindful enough to keep the computer from going to sleep in between loads of laundry...

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Your Scope of Work is Up To You workfiles-writeups-scope-creep-appraising Oct 24, 2023

Imagine you are doing an appraisal for a single family home on three acres and, upon analysis, you realize there is more value in subdividing the lot. Then you find out the buyer is buying the property to benefit from that value and already has the subdivision process in the works. Because of...

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