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571How To See Results From Your Trainee in Less Than 90 Days
Appraisers often hesitate or even refuse to hire a trainee based on the number of days, weeks, and months it might take to begin regaining that effort. Today, Dustin shares a few ways you can start getting ROI sooner...
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570 Connecting With Real Estate Agents on Social Media
There are so many ways to build your non-lender appraisal business. One of the most overlooked is social media. Dustin gives examples of how to connect on social media with agents and other potential clients.
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569 Virtual Appraisal Offices Are Not Just For Pandemics
As America and appraisers go back to work, a decision is being made; do we continue our brick and mortar lease, or keep working from home? Dustin shares 5 tips for those who want to continue their appraisal work from...
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568 Please Consider These Additional Comps
If you do lender work, you get this request all of the time. After the report is turned in, the client comes back with a list of 'comps' they want you to consider. Is this a violation of USPAP? Dustin explores.
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567 What Does Fannie Mae Want to See in an Appraisal Report
Jim Stafford spent many years on the other side of the desk. He has some critical insights, after reviewing over 20,000 appraisal reports, on what Fannie and underwriters want to see in your appraisal reports.
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566 What To Fill Out On Site With Mobile Appraising
Jeri asked Dustin a great question about what to fill out on site when you are at the observation and doing mobile data input. That question and more is answered today.
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565 Is It A Bad Time To Get Into Real Estate Appraising
If you ask an appraiser if this is a good career, the chances are she will tell you to run far away. But, if you are interested in becoming an appraiser, are their other opinions on the matter?
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564 Can You Use A Smartphone For Inspections
Jonie asked a question about using a smartphone for inspections. The answer is, "yes you can," and Dustin shares some tips today on how to do it better. You do not need a tablet to do appraisal inspections.
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563 The Dichotomy of More Volume
There is a (false) notion that increasing your volume will decrease the quality of your work. Dustin dispels that myth with a few dichotomies of real estate appraisal.
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562 What To Do When Your Trainee Has Bad Grammar
It is a common problem, you have a great trainee or appraiser employee that just cannot write well. Otherwise their skills are pretty good, but you cannot have them representing your company and putting out a product...
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561 Appraiser Stories with Jarrett Hardesty
What does a hard working farm boy from Kentucky sound like on a microphone? Join Dustin for another Appraiser Stories and find out why Jarrett almost shot up a puzzle. Seriously. He did.
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560 The One Thing We Work For
Why do we do what we do? Can you take a break in the middle of the week and your office still keep working as normal?
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