customary and reasonable fees

COD At The Door?

In the past, it was common for appraisers to collect their fees directly from the borrower at the time of the property visit (i.e., at the door).  I would take credit cards, checks, or cash while at the door. Many years ago, this was common. Now, however, that rarely happens and we usually have to […]

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Professionals Work on Billable Hours

I find that most times when appraisers complain about fees (myself included), we are often not willing to correct our own notion that “it’s all about how much we can fetch in fees.” Isn’t it time we retrain our thinking as appraisers, because it’s not just about the set fees. It’s more about how we

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Location, Location, Location

It’s one of the oldest sayings in the industry and you’ve all heard it a million times before. “What are the three biggest rules of real estate? Location, location, location.” The thing you have to realize, however, is that it’s not just a tired old axiom! There’s also a valuable truth in there, which is

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A Possible Solution to Customary & Reasonable Fees Read more: A Possible Solution to Customary & Reasonable Fees

  Over the past five years, a major subject of talk in the appraiser world has been that of Customary and Reasonable Fees.  Unfortunately, much of the dialogue has been mostly one-sided.  We tend to do a lot of gripping about the fact that many of us are not being paid what is “customary” or

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“Customary and Reasonable Fees?” Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Interesting comment made at the office today.  One of my employees said, “I hear that the new Frank-Dodd Act will require that our clients start paying us ‘customary and reasonable’ fees for our services.  Thank goodness.  I am sick and tired of doing full appraisals for crappy pay!”  I just smiled and decided to write

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