To Comply with USPAP – TAA Podcast 147
Compliance with USPAP can be a major pain! But, really, we have not choice.
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There’s Too Much – TAA podcast 146
There’s too much going on in AppraisalWorld. It is essentially impossible to keep track of what’s going on. FHFA just announced, in the most neutral of tones, that appraisal waivers could now be had, under certain conditions unheard of before. Again, conditions apply, but waivers are going to be available up to a 90% loan-to-value
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Financing Concessions and USPAP – TAA podcast 145
Financing concessions and USPAP! More on this? Haven’t we heard enough on concessions, cash equivalency, and stuff they don’t teach us in appraisal school?! If you listen to what Fannie and Freddie have to say on these topics, the answer would have to be an emphatic “NO!”. Why? Because Fannie and Freddie continue to tell
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Technicians, Mechanics, and Engineers – TAA Podcast 144
What do technicians, mechanics, and engineers have to do with USPAP and Real Estate Appraisal? Maybe nothing. But, at this point, it is easiest to conclude that a technician is one who knows that something should be done, though not necessarily how, when, or why. Technicians, mechanics, and engineers understand there is a process involved
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To Make You Mad! – TAA Podcast 143
One of the purposes of this podcast is to make you mad. Another is to open your eyes to the power the analytics of the cost approach have to analyze sales. Another is to anger you. About what? About the depth of its questions and what is likely to be the shallowness of your answers
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USPAP for Great Advice! – TAA Podcast 142
There are two steps to the adjustment process. First is to ascertain the market recognizes any specific adjustment. Then, measure the market to determine the quantity of the adjustment.
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USPAP and The State Board – TAA Podcast #141
When you think of USPAP and the State Board, chills run up and down your spine, right?
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USPAP and Functional Obsolescence – TAA Podcast 140
USPAP and Functional Obsolescence?! You ask, “Tim, haven’t you covered this topic here on the podcast, as well as a bunch of other times, places, venues, and symposia?” Yes I surely have. But that was the other functional obsolescence. Today, on this podcast, I’m going to talk about the true functional obsolescence. Yes, the functional
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USPAP and Competence – TAA podcast 139
There are some of our appraisal fellows whose grasp of the concept USPAP and Competence is yet to be as strong as it could or should be. In a 15-ish minute podcast, it is simply not possible to look into this subject with any depth or conviction. So we won’t. But we will look at
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USPAP: Questions and Reflections – TAA Podcast 138
This podcast sports a metaphysical title. “USPAP: Questions and Reflections”. Why this title? Who in their right mind wants to think about USPAP? B-O-R-I-N-G! I’ll concede that point. But somebody has to think about it. And, as a USPAP instructor, I get paid to think about it. Really, I get paid to teach it. But
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