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Get Out Of Your Appraisal Cave lifestyle-goals-future-slow-appraiser Sep 30, 2017

A little while ago, I attended the annual AI (Appraisal Institute) Conference in Texas. It wasn’t my...

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When To Pull Comps; That Is The Question inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Sep 20, 2017

Here’s a question I get asked pretty often, both online and in person at my real estate appraisal wo...

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Can You Use the Subject as a Comp? inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Aug 20, 2017

To keep my finger on the pulse of the real estate appraisal community, I like to check in on Faceboo...

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Have Courage and Be Kind, Appraisers! lifestyle-goals-future-slow-appraiser Jul 30, 2017

I was sitting in my office recently when I saw one of my assistants taking a call. Just from watchin...

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Is A Smartphone Big Enough To Appraise With? technology-mobile-website-socialmedia-appraising Jul 20, 2017

I’ve being using the latest and greatest mobile technology in my work for over 15 years now. I consi...

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Who Is Mark Skapinetz? inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Jun 12, 2017

Reserved is not a word that anyone would use to describe Mark Skapinetz; at least of those who know ...

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Is There a Fourth Approach to Real Estate Value? inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Mar 20, 2017

I want to talk to you about the fourth approach to value, and specifically an occasion on which it t...

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Take Some Time OUT of Your Appraisal Business successful-volume-appraisal-business Mar 01, 2017

It wasn’t so long ago that, like many real estate appraisers out there, things just didn’t seem to b...

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Appraisal Volume and Appraisal Quality successful-volume-appraisal-business Jan 18, 2017

I do around 4 times as many appraisals as my competitors. That’s not a boast: I’ve done my research,...

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