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I was sitting in my office recently when I saw one of my assistants taking a call. Just from watching her and hearing her a little, I could tell it wasnât going well. She was trying to be courteous and professional, but she was getting flustered.
I asked her to transfer the call over to me. It was...
Iâve being using the latest and greatest mobile technology in my work for over 15 years now. I consider myself a seasoned mobile appraiser. Â My favored device in the past few years has been a tablet; specifically, the iPad Mini.
Iâve been asked many times in the past few years whether itâs feasibl...
Reserved is not a word that anyone would use to describe Mark Skapinetz; at least of those who know him. Shy is not in his vocabulary. Mark is the founder of the â100% Real Estate Appraisersâ group on Facebook. He joined me on April 23, 2017 as a guest on The Appraiser Coach Podcast to discuss every...
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 âfourth approach to value.' If you did, I get it, believe me! ...
It wasnât so long ago that, like many real estate appraisers out there, things just didnât 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.
...I do around 4 times as many appraisals as my competitors. Thatâs not a boast: Iâve done my research, and itâs the truth. People in the real estate appraisal industry know how much work I get through, and the question they always ask is, âHow do you do so much without cutting corners?â They seem to t...