What is in your certification? Does it help you or hurt you? One of the benefits consulting Tim, a USPAP expert, is learning which parts of your appraisal and report are USPAP compliant. Your certification is full of information! Do you know what it is you’re certifying?
Maybe That’s What I Said, But Did I Really Mean it? – TAA Podcast 010 Read More »
Just what is an appraiser’s responsibility on a Purchase and Sale agreement? Is the number on it what we are supposed to hit to keep the client happy? Or is it merely another data point to analyze on our way to a credible value opinion? Tim Andersen, The Appraiser’s Advocate, covers this timely topic so you can answer the question!
On Purchase and Sale Agreements – TAA Podcast 009 Read More »
Really! Appraisals and Appraisal Reports are confidential, even though the borrower gets a copy. And Tim Andersen, The Appraiser’s Advocate, shows you how that confidentiality helps to protect you!
Are your appraisal reports internally consistent? Tim gives you some advice on the matter
Sometimes I like to Sit in the Dark and Put Umbrellas in my Car – TAA Podcast 007 Read More »
What a broker or the seller thinks about the price of real estate is, to us appraisers, about as useless as steaks at a vegan’s birthday.
As Useless as Steaks at a Vegan’s Birthday – TAA Podcast 006 Read More »
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 »
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!
Another Appraiser Bites the Dust! – TAA Podcast 003 Read More »
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.
That Damn Broker Tried to Influence Me! – TAA Podcast 002 Read More »
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!
He Ain’t Dead Yet, Boys – Hang ‘im Again! – TAA Podcast 001 Read More »
