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Location, Location, Location inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Jun 15, 2018

It’s one of the oldest sayings in the industry and you’ve all heard it a million times before. “What are the three biggest rules of real estate? Location, location, location.” The thing you have to realize, however, is that it’s not just a tired old axiom!...

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Price vs Value inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Jun 11, 2018

Nobody can deny that there are a lot of issues plaguing the appraisal industry at the moment. I want to talk about one issue that I sometimes see: the incorrect usage of extremely important terms.

Many real estate professionals use certain terms interchangeably, even when they have significantly...

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The Tiered Appraisal Office trainees-employees-mentors-appraising May 24, 2018

If you’ve not read “Good to Great” by Jim Collins yet, then I highly recommend that you do so. It’s been a few years now since I read it myself, but the lessons this book contains have really stuck with me.

In the book, Collins does multiple case studies of two, similar...

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It Could Be Worse lifestyle-goals-future-slow-appraiser May 10, 2018

I want to talk to you today about something that’s been in my thoughts recently – a question of our mindset as appraisers, if you will – that was brought on by a recent experience I had.

Part of my role as the Appraiser Coach is staying tapped into the general appraiser...

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Did That Guy Just Take a Picture of my Kids? inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Apr 25, 2018

I want to talk to you today about something most of us appraisers do on a daily basis – taking comparable photos.

Now, I don’t want to get into the whole “Are comps a waste of time? Do they actually serve any purpose?” debate. That’s gone on long enough and it...

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Corelogic And a la mode; Has The Sky Fallen? technology-mobile-website-socialmedia-appraising Apr 17, 2018

The news hit like a freight train last Thursday – CoreLogic had acquired a la mode. The story sent shockwaves throughout the appraisal industry, and it’s no reach to say that the general response, at least on social media, has been negative.

Appraisers have been nervous about...

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