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There are several appraisers I look up to scattered around this vast profession. One of them is Tom Horn. Tom writes and posts a regular blog in Alabama that all appraisers should envy (and emulate). As a follow up to a recent Appraiser Coach Podcast episode I did on conceal carry, Tom wrote an o...
One of my passions is helping my fellow appraisers save time and make things more efficient for their appraisal flow. As a fee appraiser, I realize that time does indeed equal money. If I can complete an appraisal faster (without cutting quality), I can do more appraisals over time, and make more ...
I live just steps away from the famous Southfork of the Snake River. It is a beautiful setting and people come from all over the world to fish and experience this part of the globe. It is not unusual to get wildlife walking through my backyard. Just this morning, there were three whitetail deer m...
I was speaking with an AMC executive recently (yes, appraisers and AMC employees can talk to one another) as a friend. He and I were swapping stories and he told me one that just made me recoil in shock and simultaneously laugh at the irony.
He said that one of his panel appraisers had recently ...
Have you ever asked yourself why gasoline prices seem to fluctuate so dramatically? Maybe it’s the weather. Perhaps it is a conspiracy in the Middle East. Surely the politicians are to blame. To be sure, the correct answer is complicated and likely multi-faceted. There is much that goes into wh...
Judging is so fun. We do it behind people’s back. We do it on Facebook. We even do it in person.
Sometimes, I think we just can’t help ourselves. It is just in our nature. The problem is, most of the time
we have no idea what we are talking about. Kind of like this blog post. I am going to rant a ...