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You Know Don Quijote is Nuts, Right? successful-volume-appraisal-business Dec 15, 2020

I am not a book snob.  I’m not even a real big reader, especially of the Classics, which I find way too deep and hard to understand.  I’m OK with light fiction, but Shakespeare is just too hard to get through.  Now, that said, I deeply love Miguel de Certantes’ classic, “The Man of La Mancha”.  Why?...

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Refining Yourself and Your Appraisal Business lifestyle-goals-future-slow-appraiser Dec 08, 2020

There is a principle, or way of looking at things that I try to regularly apply both personally and when I am coaching others. This is a tool that helps me find if and where I need to change things in my personal and business life or in the lives of the individuals I mentor. I call it “keep, tweak, ...

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Can an AMC Tell Appraisers How to Dress? amc-alternative-agents-appraising Dec 01, 2020

I recently saw a Facebook post where an appraiser was quite upset and offended that an AMC asked him to dress professionally for an appraisal walkthrough. Now, this was a request that was made up front as one of the conditions for accepting the order. Reading the post, it sounded like this appraiser...

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Mr. Harris, Come And Take A Look At This Fabulous Deck I Built Myself! inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Nov 17, 2020

“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 value - $10,000, $15,000?  Just look a...

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Overcome Your Fears successful-volume-appraisal-business Nov 12, 2020

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 my goals on reps, ...

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WHICH SHALL I BUILD, A BASEMENT OR A BARN? MAYBE BOTH? inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Nov 10, 2020

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, effective age, and...

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