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Blog #96: “iBuy, iSell, But Will I Make a Good Living?”

When you think about them, the ibuyer platform & business model have the potential to disrupt not only the real estate brokerage business, but the real estate appraisal business as well (including USPAP). Tim Andersen, The Appraiser’s Advocate, discusses this platform & model in his latest blog, as well as raises some important questions about the future of both brokerage and appraisal. So, what will you do to continue to make a good living as an appraiser?

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Internal Inconsistencies, Bad Hair Days, and the Appraiser Doth Protest too Much, Methinks – TAA Podcast 004

YOU know what you mean when you write your appraisal report. But is what you meant clear to the Client? If it’s not, and the Client nicks you for it, do you take it as a leaning experience, or bitch about it on social media? Tim Andersen, The Appraisers Advocate, USPAP instructor and guru, and

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Blog #89: "You Listened to a Broker!? What's Wrong with You?!" | Tim Andersen | The Appraiser's Advocate

Blog #89: “You Listened to a Broker!? What’s Wrong with You?!”

USPAP’s ETHICS RULE contains three major sections. It is the purpose of this blog to treat its Conduct section in more detail. In the introduction to the CONDUCT section, we read this unambiguous statement: “An appraiser must perform assignments with impartiality, objectivity, and independence, and without accommodation personal interests.” Therefore, it makes sense to define

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Blog #46: “Can I Work with Both Brokers and Buyers?”

Question: Recently, I’ve read that many appraisers, as they expand their client bases, are working directly with (potential) buyers and buyer’s brokers to provide the (potential) buyer with an appraisal before making offers on the house. This sounds fine to me since it is a potential market appraisers have traditionally avoided! However, it also appears

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