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As a coach, I'm teaching appraisers on a constant basis. A lot of them are interested in doing non-lender work but they aren’t sure how to attract that work.  Really, there is no big secret here.  Any marketing firm will tell you that an active presence on the internet is the...

How much do you need to make each month? While it’s going to vary from person to person, you should know how much you need every single month in order to be able to continue in the lifestyle that you have made for yourself.  You need to know what you’ll need to continue paying...

Near my office there are two convenience stores but I only ever go to one of them.  Really, there isn’t anything terrible about the one I don’t go to, but I just never do.  Let me tell you a little story and you’ll see why I shop at one store over the other.

The first...

Statistically speaking, the overwhelming majority of people have given up on or pushed aside their New Year's Resolutions by March of any given year. This doesn’t mean that the goals these nine out of ten people set for themselves were ill-thought out, or that these people didn’t mean...

As appraisers we often wear at least two different hats. You have heard me talk about the business owner cap versus the technician cap. While we often play both roles, I like to think of myself, first and foremost, as a business owner. As a business owner, I am constantly trying to think outside...

Recently, I had a scary experience while taking comp photos. I live in a very rural area where there are a lot of people who are very protective about their private property.  The location I was headed to was a house about three miles down a private road.

The place was a bit off the beaten...