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We are now knee-deep in tax season. Oh joy. When I realized this, it got me thinking about the first time I ever made use of off-shouldering. Â
âOff-shoulderingâ is a phrase that long-term Appraiser Coach followers have probably heard me use many times. For the uninitiated, it is a pretty literal t...
Disclaimer: I am not an attorney, CFPÂŽ, or CPAÂŽ, physician, etc., thus do not offer legal, financial, accounting, or medical advice. You should not interpret anything in this blog to be legal, financial, medical, or tax/accounting advice since there is no such advice here. If you want or need such a...
Letâs pretend you are a young, a 20-something who just passed the bar exam. Â Because you are are new to the world of lawyering: in debt up to your earlobes and have no clients, you start out small. Â By small, I mean you open up a small office in some obscure (and slightly scary) part of town, and yo...
It was recently brought to my attention, by a reputable appraiser I might add, that the use of third-party inspectors may be a violation of USPAP. Â Or more specifically, that an appraiser relying on a third-party inspector for information (without knowing their name), may be a violation of USPAP. Â F...
One of the things I get questioned about most often by my fellow real estate appraisers is my use of virtual assistants (or âVAs'). Itâs common knowledge in the industry that I use VAs, and I tend to get the same few questions over and over again: âwhy do you use themâ, âhow do you do it?â and âis i...
Anyone whoâs 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 inaccurate....