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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 truly saved my bacon.

Now, I know a lot of you real estate appraisers out there probably started chuckling as soon as you read the words ā€˜fourth approach to value.' If you did, I get it, believe me! ...

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Take Some Time OUT of Your Appraisal Business successful-volume-appraisal-business Mar 01, 2017

It wasnā€™t so long ago that, like many real estate appraisers out there, things just didnā€™t seem to be adding up for me. I was working plenty of hours, but I was still living from paycheck to paycheck. It was like that for most of the first twelve years that I ran my real estate appraisal business.

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Appraisal Volume and Appraisal Quality successful-volume-appraisal-business Jan 18, 2017

I do around 4 times as many appraisals as my competitors. Thatā€™s not a boast: Iā€™ve done my research, and itā€™s the truth. People in the real estate appraisal industry know how much work I get through, and the question they always ask is, ā€˜How do you do so much without cutting corners?ā€™ They seem to t...

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

When it comes to the use of technology in real estate appraisal, weā€™re at a kind of crossroads.

On the one hand ,you have the advocates who like to try out all the latest and greatest apps and gadget. Those of you who have listened to my podcasts, read my blogs or seen my workshops know that Iā€™m f...

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

I donā€™t spend a lot of time in the office. In fact, Iā€™m usually just in on Mondays. Most of my week is spent out and about on appraisal inspections. On the rare occasion ,when I do have a few hours to spare, Iā€™ll set up in a coffee shop or a restaurant. Thatā€™s just the way I work. I'm a mobile appra...

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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 Florida He had lived and worked as an appraiser in Florida for over 25 years. His business consisted mostly of lender (AMC) work. Though he was now living full-time in New York, he still had a home in...

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