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Spotlighting Moonlighting lifestyle-goals-future-slow-appraiser Oct 11, 2022

This might seem counterintuitive, but when your business is growing and you are finding new clients, that’s the best time to start dabbling in a new side hustle apart from appraisal. In some cases, when you find appraisers moonlighting (having a second job), there’s a correlation to their current jo...

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Howdy, Partner! successful-volume-appraisal-business Oct 04, 2022

As an entrepreneur in your business, you are wired to seek and get excited about opportunities.  New people, new options, a new environment, or a new place all present a wide variety of possibilities. You want to take advantage of the things that will help your business excel and leave by the waysid...

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Can You Photograph A Smell? inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Sep 27, 2022

You may have heard that you can’t have opinions about the color of a room or shaggy carpet as you’re doing your job and walking through homes… that’s dead wrong. If orange shag carpet can make a difference in value and you can support that in the marketplace, you not only can, but you have an obliga...

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The Mysterious “Company Policy” successful-volume-appraisal-business Sep 20, 2022

Before the COVID-19 pandemic began, my daughter was doing some volunteer work in South America, helping people who have been rescued from the human trafficking industry. She was down there for about a year, and my wife and I had traveled down to visit her. Just as we were leaving, the pandemic went ...

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Take the Plunge! lifestyle-goals-future-slow-appraiser Sep 13, 2022

A little over a year ago, I went on a vacation with my family to Glacier National Park. While we were there, we took everyone on a hike to St. Mary’s Falls. St Mary’s is a gorgeous waterfall in Glacier, formed by glacial runoff. About halfway into the hike, there’s a bridge that crosses the river. O...

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Charge Your Batteries! successful-volume-appraisal-business Sep 06, 2022

A couple years ago, I went out and bought a new camping trailer. This trailer, like many other recreational 5th wheels, has a battery that powers it. But this battery isn’t like the battery that you would find in a car, motorcycle, snowmobile, or even a flashlight. This battery is called a deep-cycl...

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