Tim

When it comes to USPAP and a verification model, where is that model?  USPAP makes it clear we have to verify the sales data, etc.  But USPAP is strangely silent on what to verify means.  It is equally mute on how to accomplish the verification it demands.  So, is there a reason for this lack […]

Did you know your GSE appraisal and report are not about market value? They are about risk analysis!

The more you learn about the use of an EXTRAORDINARY ASSUMPTION, the more you realize it is a power tool in the formation of a credible value opinion.

USPAP and Questions to Tim was the only title I could invent for this podcast.  After all, there is not one theme here.  Rather this podcast consists of questions that have come in to me in the past from regulators, students, and boots-on-the-ground appraisers.  Every so often, I’ll work on answering them.  Most of the

If you are not marketing your appraisal services, why are you selling yourself short?

“USPAP and That Does Not Solve the Problem” is a strange title for a podcast right?  But it has a purpose.  In a past podcast, I showed a list of what you were not supposed to say to your state appraisal board.  Clearly, not a lot of appraisers paid attention to this.  How do I

USPAP and Cash Equivalency?  No!  Surely, with all the mechanics of an appraisal there are to worry about, now there is another one!?  Say it ain’t so!  It would be nice simply to ignore cash equivalency (since, after all, there is math involved).  But the definition of Market Value dictates otherwise.  USPAP dictates otherwise [see