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“Mr. Harris, welcome to our home!  Come out here and take a look as this fabulous deck I built myself over a couple of weekends!  I found out how to do it by watching a video on YouTube.  Easy as pie!  What a beauty, right?  What does something like this add to...

I hate going to the gym, but I do go, since it helps me in so many ways.  Usually, I do three sets of whatever exercise at 10 reps each. However, just to make sure I'm covered, sometimes I'll do 11 reps.   I don't want to miscount (yes, I’m a bit OCD). To psych myself out to reach...

As you already know, SR1-3(a)(v) and its Comment make it clear that we appraisers must “...identify and analyze the effect on [the subject’s] use and value of...market area trends...and...an appraiser must avoid making an unsupported assumption or premise about market area trends,...

Having an open door policy is something I feel like we hear a lot about in the business world. It has almost become a catchphrase. It may even seem like all the cool and kind bosses have adopted this policy. However, I am of the opinion that having an open door policy will not do you or your...

Most of my coaching clients come to me with a less than refined idea of what they want for their future. Essentially they tell me they want to make more money, have more time, or make more money and have more time. However, they are unclear what having more money and/or more time would...

Ever appraised the wrong house?  I have.  So, probably have you.  OK, dumb mistake made.  Nothing you can do about it.  So, how do you recover from a mistake that large?

First of all, understand I thought I had the right house.  My office said the front door would be...