So, what IS in your workfile? Why it is there (or not there, as the case may be)? Tim Andersen, The Appraiser’s Advocate, breaks it all down for you in this podcast. Tim makes it clear what MUST be in your workfile, as well as why it must be there! And why must all that […]
What’s in Your Workfile? – TAA Podcast 005 Read More »
Really, you can’t go into a contest with your state appraisal board alone, naked, and unarmed. Why would you want to? Obviously, you need legal counsel, but you may also need USPAP counsel as well. That’s why I’m here. Question: “My state board recently charged me with writing a misleading report. I got the client
Blog #6: “Alone, Naked, and Unarmed?” Read More »
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
Tim discusses what happens after the state appraisal board gets finished with another appraiser. While it is true anther appraiser has bitten the dust, there is life after the appraisal board’s judgement. Basically that means, get up, dust yourself off, and get on with life and all its joys!
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It’s okay to accept data from a broker. The reason is because it is up to the appraiser to analyze the broker’s data to determine whether they are truly comparable sales. Appraisers don’t take the brokers word for it. Per USPAP, they analyze their own data and come to their own conclusions.
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Some say the residential real estate appraisal industry is dead. This is not true! There are too many opportunities out there for appraisers who are willing to take advantage of them. We ain’t dead yet!
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Question: “A reviewer just called me. She indicated that USPAP required me to provide verification of the sales data from two different sources. I asked the reviewer to show me where this requirement was in USPAP. The reviewer did not answer my question (or apparently, appreciate my attitude in asking it), but indicated that unless
Blog #17: “A Proper Verification” Read More »
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
Blog #89: “You Listened to a Broker!? What’s Wrong with You?!” Read More »
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
Blog #46: “Can I Work with Both Brokers and Buyers?” Read More »
QUESTION: This is another highest and best use question. I check the box on p. 1 of the URAR. In the narrative addendum I include highest and best use boilerplate I got from another appraiser. Why are reviewers dumping on me about highest and best use? The subject property is a house in a neighborhood
Blog #83: “Another USPAP Question!” Read More »
