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Keep Your Appraisal Vehicle Organized lifestyle-goals-future-slow-appraiser Dec 04, 2018

Since we spend so much time in them, let's talk about your appraisal vehicle.  How organized is it? Does it make you more efficient? Does it help you create value for others? Is it an appraisal tool, or just another thing that's part of your stuff?  

Let's start with your computer bag.  What's that...

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Reconciliation inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Nov 13, 2018

How do you reconcile between the value indications of the three approaches, or even between the range of value indication in even one approach? How you answer this is important since SR1-6 calls for us to answer both of these questions as part of our reconciliation.

USPAP has no specific requiremen...

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New Client, Same Property marketing-advertising-fees-clients-appraisals Oct 30, 2018

There is a problem that I would guess most appraisers run into on a somewhat frequent basis. Imagine the following scenario (it probably won’t be too hard since you have likely encountered something similar): You do an appraisal for Client A. Somewhere during the loan process, the loan is turned ove...

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Which Tablet is Best for Appraisers? technology-mobile-website-socialmedia-appraising Oct 28, 2018

I teach a number of classes and workshops on mobile appraising.  I define mobile appraising as using tablets and laser measuring devices to gather data at your real estate appraisal inspections.  There are two questions that I get asked frequently: “Which tablet should I buy?” and “Which laser measu...

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Buying Time trainees-employees-mentors-appraising Oct 23, 2018

We all have twenty-four hours in a day. One’s economic status, ethnicity, or gender doesn’t change that. I believe the secret to success is finding ways to create more time in, a day or in other words: buy time. Now it may sound as though I am contradicting myself, but when individuals utilize the l...

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If You Are Going To Hire A Family Member Don't Forget This One Rule trainees-employees-mentors-appraising Oct 16, 2018

Statistics show that most appraisers either work on their own or have one other helper who might work with them.  Very few residential appraisal offices have more than one appraiser and even fewer could be considered a true appraisal “firm” with many employees and contractors all working to grow the...

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