I do around 4 times as many appraisals as my competitors. That’s not a boast: I’ve done my research, and it’s the truth. People in the real estate appraisal industry know how much work I get through, and the question they always ask is, ‘How do you do so much without cutting corners?’ They seem to t...

Okay full-disclosure, I still hate April 15, but just not as bad as I used to.  Paying taxes can be a challenge for anyone, but it seems especially hard for those who are self-employed.  Every spring, I used to get a big surprise from my tax returns until I changed one, small thing.

For the first d...

We just wrapped our first, Go Create Some Value, Two-day Workshop in Salt Lake City. Fourteen hours of positive instruction, plenty of appraiser interaction, and a whole lot of fun! But, what was most surprising to me was the difference in the attitude and caliber of appraisers in attendance. I have...

I only pay enough attention to the news to know that there are a whole lot of angry people on Wall Street (and scattered across the country) right now.  "All Day...All Week....Occupy Wall Street,"  is their chant.  Okay, so it doesn't technically rhyme, but I think we get the point.  Or do we?  Come...