Saturday, November 22, 2014

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Welcome to the Residential Real Estate Appraiser Knowledgebase blog.

Watch this space as it gets filled with insightful articles about how the appraisal business works.  From an insider's perspective.

Consider this.  You're a successful, competent residential real estate appraiser.  You have a healthy order pipeline that ebbs and flows.  The rush of orders seem to have an uncanny ability to coincide with your week-end and vacation plans.  On the beach, you lean back on the lounger and check you inbox and go OMG!  On the other hand, it's Monday and here you are, sitting in your office, your twin monitors before you and your inbox, clean as a whistle.

As an appraiser myself, I want to fill this space with tips and tricks, advise and recommendations and your comments on Residential Real Estate Appraisals.  From appraisal order to completed appraisal.

How do you increase profitability?  Tip: Increase productivity and reduce costs....but how?

Lack of time >>><<< Comply with increasingly complex regulations~~~between a rock and hard place, if you have a lamer cliché..bring it on!

Better quality .... or quantity


Just listing the appraisal types is complicated-

URAR/1004 Single Family Home Appraisal
Single Family FHA Appraisal
1007 Rent Schedule with/without 216 Operating Income
1025 Duplex Appraisal
1025 Fourplex Appraisal - Multi Family Investment Properties and Rentals
1004D/442 FINAL / Completion Certificate for New Homes
1073 Individual Condominium Unit Appraisal
2000 Single Family Field Review
2000 Two- to Four-Family Field Review
2055 Exterior Only (Aka "Drive By") Single Family Appraisal
2070 Condition and Marketability Report
Lot Appraisal