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Agents, Don’t Skip the Appraisal amc-alternative-agents-appraising Nov 12, 2021

Appraisers have been accused of being “speed bumps” in the lending process. We frustrate buyers, sellers, loan officers and, sometimes, real estate agents. In some ways, I can understand their frustrations but does that mean they should bypass getting an appraisal? Nope, not at all.

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Get Out of Your Comfort Zone lifestyle-goals-future-slow-appraiser Nov 09, 2021

Over and over again, in just about any mastermind group or private coaching, I see the same phenomenon. People get comfortable with what they're doing and, even when they are shown a more efficient way of doing something, they stick with what they know. Sticking to a comfort zone is actually rooted ...

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Realtors Are Professionals Too amc-alternative-agents-appraising Nov 01, 2021

As an appraiser, you’re a real estate professional and you are in the business of valuing property.  Inevitably, at some point in your career, you’re going to make another real estate professional angry.  Some other professional, maybe an agent or a loan officer, is not going to be happy with your a...

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Sometimes “No” Is Okay inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Oct 26, 2021

Fear might be a good motivator, but it is a poor problem solver. Over the years, I’ve had to learn how to not be afraid of my clients. That is, I had to learn to not be afraid to ask for what I wanted. Honestly, what is there to be afraid of? They can always say no and, if they do say no, that just ...

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Tandem Garage Conundrum inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Oct 19, 2021

A question that comes up quite often on the forums is what to do about garages that have tandem spaces, what to do about two car garages that can really keep three cars inside. Check out garage doors Coquitlam check Titan Garage Doors. How does this look on an appraisal? Is that a two car garage or ...

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Dressing as a Professional lifestyle-goals-future-slow-appraiser Oct 12, 2021

I've heard the complaints from other appraisers that there are AMC's out there that request that appraisers that work with them dress professionally. I’m not really sure why this bothers appraisers, maybe because they feel they already do dress professionally and they are offended to be asked?

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