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I find that most times when appraisers complain about fees (myself included), we are often not willing to correct our own notion that āitās all about how much we can fetch in fees.ā Isnāt it time we retrain our thinking as appraisers, because itās not just about the set fees. Itās more about how we ...
Youāve been driving for more than an hour and a half to your appraisal appointment. So, you decide to call the client and let them know youāre almost there - only for you to get told, āWe cancelled, didnāt the bank tell you?ā
For those involved in real estate appraisal, this is an all too common e...
Well folks, I just had what I call a ākneecap to kneecapā meeting with one of my key employees. This is an individual who has been with me for a while. I love her to death because she is wonderful in so many ways, but it was time to do some auditing. Those whoāve taken my Go Create Some Value worksh...
You might have noticed a certain theme running through some of my recent blog posts. Iāve been focusing on the fundamentals of real estate appraisal; the importance of location, differentiating between price and value and so on. Itās been a kind of Appraisal 101, if you will.
Iāve been doing this ...
Itās one of the oldest sayings in the industry and youāve all heard it a million times before. āWhat are the three biggest rules of real estate? Location, location, location.ā The thing you have to realize, however, is that itās not just a tired old axiom! Thereās also a valuable truth in there, whi...
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 d...