Does USPAP demand precision? This is a question few appraisers have raised, so there is no specific answer to it. USPAP itself uses the word precision just once, in AO-23, but in the context of a discounted cash flow analysis. It uses precise only four times. But only one of those is in Standard 1. […]
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When residential real estate appraisers transform their appraisals and appraisal reports into a combination the public believes, then the public will have reason to trust us, what we do, why we do it, and how we do it.
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Real Estate Appraisers write for a living, and writing in communication. So, do we real estate appraisers communicate clearly?
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To answer those USPAP and Whatever questions usually means going to USPAP to get an answer. Really, where else would you go? USPAP is not a difficult document to read. What affects us appraisers directly is really in the first twenty-four pages. So, in practicality, the document is not all that long. Its brevity is
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In a real estate appraisal, bracketing serves the appraiser well. Unfortunately, our friends the AMCs and lenders don’t know how to use bracketing, so what they ask of us is generally wrong.
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USPAP and breathing dust should conjure up leaders breathing fresh air, while the followers breathe the leader’s dust. So far, we appraisers have chosen to follow when it comes to what the AMCs and lending industry mistakenly call “appraisal modernization”.  Without question, real estate needs to come into the 21st century. But why did appraisers
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You think everything you need for a credible appraisal and non-misleading appraisal report are already in that report, right? Well, after this podcast, maybe you’ll have your eyes opened!
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Get out of your appraisal silo and grow a pair! A new pair of skill sets! A pair if new books of business! A new pair of clients! Whatever! But get out of your GSE mindset and grow a pair!
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Appraisers, change is inevitable. Are we going to adapt to that change or, for are own benefit, are we going to demand the status quota continue? If we are not keeping up, we are getting left behind!
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Appraisers must stand up and stand tall to stand out!
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