tips for appraisers

Procedure Manuals: Tips For Success

Let’s talk about your procedure manual. What procedure manual, you ask? Well, the one you should have (if you don’t). Even if you’re the only person working in your office, you should have a procedure manual. Why go to all the trouble to write out a procedure manual? For one, writing things out will help […]

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The “Why?” Behind What We Do

We are all creatures of habit. We tend to eat the same foods, take the same way to work, and tie our shoes the same way every time. Often, we don’t even do things the way we do them because it’s the best way out there. Much of the time, we do things the way

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The Case for Virtual Assistants

There are those who argue that hiring help from outside the U.S. is unamerican, as it takes jobs away from Americans on the home turf. And to a certain extent, they’re right. But if we look at things with a broader lens, I think that we’ll find a slightly different story. Whether we like it

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Your Virtual Assistant is a Person, Too!

People are people. Whether you’re from a small town in South Dakota, a big city in Europe, or living in a mud hut in Africa, we all have at least one thing in common – we’re all human. And virtual assistants are no different. Although you may never meet them in person, your virtual assistant

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Be Seen, Build Trust, Get Hired

You have been a real estate appraiser for years. Or maybe you’ve just got six months under your belt. Either way, each of us needs to determine how we will build trust with our customers, continually be seen, and win the top pick when someone new is in need of an appraisal. If you’ve been

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A Contract is Born

What makes a contract a contract? Is it the legal prose, the professional typesetting, or the date across the top? I’m no lawyer, but my mentor once told me that a contract “is just a piece of paper until both parties have signed it.” So, if you’re being asked for the date of a contract

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Baby Steps

Every Sunday evening at 8 pm I get a notification on my phone that says “Don’t forget your big 3!” What are the big 3? The big 3 are weekly goals that I set. These goals may be related to goals the week before, but they don’t have to be. The purpose of doing “the

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“Mommy’s not home, but she says you can come in.”

We’ve all been there before. You drive for an hour for an inspection. When you get there, you knock on the door, only to have it opened by the kids. You ask them if their parents are home, to which they respond, “No.” When you call the parents, they say something like, “Oh, I’m not

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What Do You Do When No One’s Watching?

It doesn’t happen very often, but I’m sure it’s happened to each of us at least once: while taking a payment at the door, someone pays you in cash. And a thought that may run through your mind is, “I don’t have to report this. There’s no trail, no evidence, and then I don’t have

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How To Determine Time Adjustments

I recently had a question come in from a follower regarding how to best make time adjustments in this crazy world of multiple offers and offers over list.  It was an excellent question and one I felt would best be dealt with on a broader scale.  Daniel’s market is probably similar to many of the

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