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What Constitutes Professional Attire? lifestyle-goals-future-slow-appraiser Sep 11, 2023

A topic that comes up a lot when I talk with people is how they should dress. Are flip-flops okay? What about a tank top? I remember seeing a picture of an appraiser that he posted himself, dressed in a backward baseball cap, tank top, and sunglasses, ready to go out and work. Ultimately,...

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Working For the End Goal successful-volume-appraisal-business Sep 04, 2023

I once read a book called First Things First, by Stephen Covey. That phrase, “first things first,” prompted a lot of thought for me a little while ago, at a time when I was making some big business decisions. These decisions had a big impact on me, on my employees and associates, on...

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Cleaning Up Your Inbox technology-mobile-website-socialmedia-appraising Aug 28, 2023

If there’s one thing that consistently stresses out small business owners more consistently than anything else, it’s the dreaded inbox. Especially as an appraiser, I get 3 or 4 hundred emails per day – actual messages, not spam. Seeing all that unread mail in your inbox can set...

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Is Zero Messages In Your Inbox Possible? technology-mobile-website-socialmedia-appraising Aug 21, 2023

My inbox is my to-do list. If I talk to someone and they need something done, I tell them, “Send me an email.” If I have a task that I need to get done, I send myself an email. Because my inbox is my to-do list, I go crazy if it still has things in it at the end of the day. I know...

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One Step at a Time successful-volume-appraisal-business Aug 14, 2023

Some days things just don’t go right. There are times when you have messages in your inbox coming out your ears, a whole list of phone calls to return, and not even a spare minute to inhale that stale peanut butter and jelly sandwich you were supposed to eat for lunch 3 hours ago. These are...

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Highest and Best Use inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Aug 07, 2023

I had a man reach out to me with a question about a property he had been asked to appraise. It was being listed as a single-family home, but was clearly meant for some other use, probably as a foster type home (he mentioned in his email to me that it had 3 kitchens – one on each floor). His...

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