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One of the things I get questioned about most often by my fellow real estate appraisers is my use of virtual assistants (or ‘VAs'). It’s common knowledge in the industry that I use VAs, and I tend to get the same few questions over and over again: ‘why do you use them’,...
Anyone who’s followed me for a while knows that I have three main aims. I want to help real estate appraisers make their business more efficient, more effective, and generate more money.
People almost always assume that making more money relies only on cutting costs. This is completely...
A little while ago, I attended the annual AI (Appraisal Institute) Conference in Texas. It wasn’t my first time there, but I was still struck by just how few of the attendees were residential appraisers like myself; the vast majority were commercial.
A fellow residential appraiser had...
Here’s a question I get asked pretty often, both online and in person at my real estate appraisal workshops: ‘Should I pull my comps before or after the appraisal inspection?’ Well, the answer is… it depends. What it depends on, primarily, is whether or not you have the...
To keep my finger on the pulse of the real estate appraisal community, I like to check in on Facebook groups dedicated to our profession. A little while ago, I noticed that the same question was coming up over and over again; ‘can you use the subject as a comparable sale?’
When you...
I was sitting in my office recently when I saw one of my assistants taking a call. Just from watching her and hearing her a little, I could tell it wasn’t going well. She was trying to be courteous and professional, but she was getting flustered.
I asked her to transfer the call over to...
