At Appraisal Precision and Consulting Group, we answer the phone. When I say “we”, I mean when you call in, unless we are totally slammed with phone calls, you will get a live human being answering the phone. That human being, that receptionist will be both personable and professional. S/he will know how to handle […]
Wow! A Receptionist Who is Both Personable as Well as Professional! Read More »
What do you think of Adam Smith and The Wealth of Nations?! B-O-R-I-N-G! You’re right, Adam Smith’s book is not the most exciting reading on the planet. It was not exciting when Smith first published it in 1776. It was not exciting when I first read it over a decade ago. It is not exciting
Oh, No! Not An Economics Lesson! Dustin, Stop! You’re Killing Me! Read More »
OK. You’re well and truly involved with your research on a job that’s already late. You think you’ve got all your due diligence-bases covered. But you call the broker to confirm on last detail and she asks you, “You know there is a half-way house for sex offenders in the neighborhood, don’t you? It’s about
How Do The Presence (or Absence of Sex Offenders) Affect Appraised Value? Read More »
Having an open door policy is something I feel like we hear a lot about in the business world. It has almost become a catchphrase. It may even seem like all the cool and kind bosses have adopted this policy. However, I am of the opinion that having an open door policy will not do
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Most of my coaching clients come to me with a less than refined idea of what they want for their future. Essentially they tell me they want to make more money, have more time, or make more money and have more time. However, they are unclear what having more money and/or more time would specifically
Envisioning Your Appraiser Future Read More »
12OK! You get to the bottom of Page 1 of the 1004 from and there’s that statement: “Are there any physical deficiencies or adverse conditions that affect the livability, soundness, or structural integrity of the property?” Since you are doing the appraisal for FHA, you know you must indicate there is peeling paint. Sometimes peeling
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Should appraisers pay to be on an AMC’s approved appraiser list? Is this one way to get new clients? If an AMC solicited you, would you check it out? Now, I work for some AMCs that, frankly, you might not choose to work for. That’s fine. It’s a choice we all make. Understand that most
To Pay or Not To Pay, That is the Question Read More »
I sometimes am criticized for hiring assistants outside of the United States. More specifically, I am criticized for paying my virtual assistants outside the United States 3-6 dollars an hour. I think there is an idea that I am exploiting them and treating them unfairly; when in reality, we are in a mutually beneficial business
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I think it is human nature to do things the way you have always done them. Now these things may not necessarily be wrong, but they also may be hurting your business. It is up to us as appraisers to personally decide when things are necessary and professional versus when things are overkill. Story time!
In the old days, if a homeowner really wanted to find out how much their property was worth in the current market, they called an appraiser. Our customers understood that a licenced and qualified appraiser is trained, experienced, knowledgeable, and unbiased in his or her own marketplace. In the past few years, the Information Age
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