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Building Materials Can Affect Value inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Sep 29, 2020

Here’s a great question:  Where can newbie and apprentice appraisers go to get training in how to di...

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How To Be Mortgage Free successful-volume-appraisal-business Sep 22, 2020

This blog is, frankly, more oriented toward your personal life, rather than toward real estate appra...

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Is a Model Home Considered Occupied? inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Sep 15, 2020

Here’s a situation you’ll run into once or twice in your career.  There is a new subdivision.  Now, ...

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Can Appraiser B Update Appraiser A’s Appraisal? inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Sep 08, 2020

Can an appraiser complete a 1004D form (an Appraisal Update and/or Completion Report [Form 1004D]) i...

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The Tier V Position Must Function at 30,000 Feet inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Aug 25, 2020

You have heard me talk (a lot!) about Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, and Tier IV appraisal office  skill...

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Aren’t Appraisers Supposed to be Independent? uspap-reporting-errors-quality-appraising Aug 18, 2020

When was the last time you brought in somebody from outside your firm to help you solve an appraisal...

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To Pay or Not To Pay, That is the Question amc-alternative-agents-appraising Aug 11, 2020

Should appraisers pay to be on an AMC’s approved appraiser list?  Is this one way to get new clients...

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THIS ONE NEEDS A RED TOE-TAG trainees-employees-mentors-appraising Aug 04, 2020

You never know what is going to happen in your appraisal office.  There are just too many variables ...

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Virtual Appraisal Assistant Synergy trainees-employees-mentors-appraising Jul 28, 2020

I sometimes am criticized for hiring assistants outside of the United States. More specifically, I a...

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