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494 End of The Year Appraisal Business Review
It is nearing the end of the year. Take a listen to what Dustin does to make business decisions moving forward.
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493 What is New With a la mode and Titan
Friend of the program, Joel Baker, joins us today from a la mode. What is new with the mobile app? How about Titan Reports? What can we expect down the road from the software company Dustin continues to use daily?
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492 What Do You Do When The Daughter Is The Only One Home
When you have an inspection that a minor or someone of the opposite sex is the only one home, what do you do? Here is a tip.
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491 What Do Bifurcated Products Teach Us About Comp Photos
Everyone seems to be so upset over bifurcated products. Dustin get's it. The controversy runs deep. What do these products teach us about another controversy; comp photos?
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490 What Color Glasses Are You Wearing
Before you think "that's impossible" or "you can't do that," remember we are all wearing our own glasses with our own perspectives. Today, Dustin talks about how to take off those glasses and see things through a...
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489 What Is In Your Workfile and What Does Analyze Mean
Tim Andersen, the USPAP Expert, is here again to answer two questions; what does the word analyze mean - what are we required to do - and what needs to be in our workfile?
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488 The Bookstore Story
Did you know that Dustin used to be a cashier at a university bookstore? What lessons did he learn 20+ years ago that can now be applied to your appraisal office?
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487 Skydiving and Trust
Dustin recently had an opportunity to jump out of a perfectly "good" (it will become obvious in the episode why that word is in quotation marks) plane. What lessons did he learn about trust and how do those lessons...
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486 Comp Photos Are About Trust
Make no mistake, comp photos are about nothing else but trust. Our clients don't trust us, so they require us to certify through photos what we certify in writing.
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485 But, That's The Way My Mentor Did It
What number do you use for total economic life? Why do you use that number? Is there a better number to use? More importantly, why do we do the things we do? The difference between those who are successful and those...
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484 Templates or Clones
The age-old question; do you use templates to start a new order or clones. Dustin gives some ideas about why he does what he does. It might change the way you start your appraisals.
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483 Shooting Comp Photos Is Not Shooting Us In the Foot
There is an argument that not taking our own comp photos will lead to other aspects of our job being taken away. Probably a good argument and one Dustin doesn't really care about losing.
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