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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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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,...

Mobile Appraising and Workfiles workfiles-writeups-scope-creep-appraising Jan 08, 2017

When it comes to the use of technology in real estate appraisal, we’re at a kind of crossroads.

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Appraisal Office Communication technology-mobile-website-socialmedia-appraising Dec 16, 2016

I don’t spend a lot of time in the office. In fact, I’m usually just in on Mondays. Most of my week ...

Can We Stop Attributing Geographic Competency to Distance? lifestyle-goals-future-slow-appraiser Apr 13, 2016

Last year, I mentored an appraiser over the phone from New York. He had just moved to New York from ...

Seven Myths About Alternative Appraisal Valuations inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Feb 28, 2016

We are hearing more and more about alternative valuation products such as desktop or computer assist...

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