April 5 | The Danger Zone |
March 22 | Appraiser Disciplinary Levels and Their Consequences |
March 8 | The State Appraisal Board Wants to Throw Me Under the Bus, Right? |
February 22 | Surviving the Slowdown |
January 30 | Appraiser Countersues Black Plaintiffs Who Alleged Discrimination |
January 26 | Appraisal Bias? The Inconvenient Truth of a Flawed Report |
January 11 | Recession Proof Your Business Using The Mindset Spectrum |
December 7 | Appraisal Quality: 6 Tips for Success in 2023 |
November 16 | Sins of the Past Are Back to Haunt Appraisers |
November 10: | Between a Rock and a Hard Place |
October 25: | What’s New at the VA: Interview With VAs Chief Appraiser |
October 12: | Long Have Appraisers Been Told |
September 28: | Killed by Carbon Monoxide: Appraiser Blamed |
September 14: | Navigating a Changing Market |
August 21: | ADUs and What’s in It for You? |
August 7: | Excess or Surplus Land: What’s the Difference? |
July 27: | Let’s Confer |
July 13: | Indemnification Clauses: What Appraisers Should Know |
July 6: | If You Call a Dog’s Tail a Leg |
June 29: | VA as a Model for the Industry |
June 15: | Time is of the Essence |
May 31: | Desktop Appraisals: Interview with Fannie Mae |
May 24: | Grappling with Desktop Appraisals |
May 11: | Appraising in a “Crazy” Market |
April 20: | Insurance IQ: What is BIPD? |
April 13: | Profiling an Up-and-Coming (New) Appraiser |
April 6: | Prepare for Change: 2022 |
April 1: | The Path That Brought us Here |
March 9: | Miller Responds to Discrimination Lawsuit |
February 23: | First Discrimination Lawsuit: What It Means for Appraisers |
February 18: | Desktop Appraisals—What are They and Will You Do Those Assignments? |
February 9: | ANSI: I’ll Tell You What You Can Do With This ANSI Stuff! |
January 19: | Desktop Appraisal to Become the New Norm |
January 4: | Appraisal Discrimination Claims on the Rise |
December 14: | Wealth and Why |
November 29: | Insurance IQ: Defining Professional Services |
November 17: | Skapinetz Wins Against Coester VMS |
November 3: | GSE Buybacks and Remediation Letters |
October 27: | Tips for Training New Appraisers |
October 6: | Racial Bias in Real Estate—Is It the Appraiser’s Fault? |
September 29: | Stairway to Confusion |
September 22: | Spotlight on Appraiser Capacity During the Pandemic |
September 8: | Congress Takes Aim at Discrimination in Real Estate |
August 11: | 2021 Fee Survey Results |
July 14: | Discrimination in Appraisals |
July 7: | Valuing Land When There Are Few or No Vacant Land Sales |
June 14: | What I Learned from Drug Dealers |
June 8: | Driving Comps: The Great Debate |
June 1: | Has Appraising Failed the Public Good? |
May 18: | Good for Business |
May 12: | Appraisal Waivers: The Future is Here |
April 14: | The Effect of COVID-19 on Appraisal Volume |
April 7: | Institutional Memory and Appraiser Firms |
March 31: | Solar: The Future is Bright |
March 24: | How to Fight Blacklisting |
March 10: | Are You Smiling Yet? (you will) |
March 3: | Dealing with a Subpoena |
February 24: | Why Comp Photos? |
February 10: | Original Comp Photos: Dangerous, Unnecessary |
January 20: | Appraisal Fees on the Move: New Survey Asks How Much |
December 30: | Appraisers Helping Appraisers |
December 16: | USPAP: A Living (and Changing) Document – Part 2 |
December 9 | USPAP: A Living (and Changing) Document – Part 1 |
October 20: | The Human Being Business |
September 16: | COVID-19 Appraisal Risk Management |
August 26: | Institutional Memory and Appraisal Firms |
August 12: | Have You Reviewed These Sales? (Part 2) |
July 29: | Fannie Mae’s New Highest and Best Use |
July 15: | Wisdom of Crowds |
July 8: | Insurance IQ: Reading Your Policy |
June 24: | Reconsiderations of Value and What to Do About Them |
June 17: | Building an Appraisal Niche: High-End Appraisal Work |
June 10: | Interview with VA’s Chief Appraiser |
June 3: | Appraisers Speak Out: Full Bifurcated Appraisal Results |
May 27: | Appraising During a Pandemic |
May 13: | When Loans Go Bad: Preparing for the Next Wave |
April 15: | Financial Relief extends to E&O Insurance |
April 8: | Risky Business: Why Lenders Continue to Demand Interior Inspections |
March 30: | Interior Inspections: Tough Choices for Appraisers |
March 23: | FHFA Directive on Interior Appraisal Inspections |
March 20: | Appraisers and Coronavirus |
March 18: | Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion and Resources for Appraisers |
March 11: | Appraiser’s Changing Role |
February 25: | Building a Secure Appraisal Business |
February 18: | Fannie Mae and the Future: Recruiting New Appraisers |
February 11: | Thriving in a Post-FIRREA World |
February 4: | New Construction Assignments- Rising Demand |
January 30: | Listening to Appraisers |
December 11, 2019: | VA Issues Guidance on Bifurcated Appraisals |
November 13, 2019: | Turn and Face the Strain… an Appraiser’s Life |
November 8, 2019: | FHFA Puts Brakes on Fannie’s Bifurcated Program |
October 22, 2019: | Appraisal Fee Transparency Act of 2019: Pivotal Point for Appraisers |
October 11, 2019: | Congress Wakes Up? |
October 2, 2019: | Conservation Easements |
September 25, 2019: | Bifurcated Appraising |
September 18, 2019: | Roadmap for Survival |
September 4, 2019: | Appraising “Bifurcated” |
August 28, 2019: | Why “Bifurcated” Won’t Work |
August 21, 2019: | De Minimus Raised |
August 7, 2019: | A Spreadsheet Solution For Estimating GLA Adjustments |
July 31, 2019: | Comparing Hybrid Appraisals with a 1004 Report |
July 24, 2019: | Street Art Is Real Estate: What Appraisers Need to Know |
July 10, 2019: | Marijuana Appraisals: Still Hazy |
July 3, 2019: | Coester Loses Appraiser Lawsuit |
June 26, 2019: | Come Together |
June 19, 2019: | Importance of Right of Way Assignments |
June 5, 2019: | Caring For Your Biggest Investment |
May 29, 2019: | Illinois Board Issues Warning on Hybrid Appraisals |
May 22, 2019: | Business Valuations: Diversifying Your Appraisal Business |
May 8, 2019: | Fannie Mae Plans Massive Changes to Appraisal Process
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April 23, 2019: | Five Ways To Be More Efficient
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April 17, 2019: | The Power of Praise
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April 3, 2019: | My Complaint with Complaints
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March 27, 2019: | Coester AMC Out of Business, Appraisers Unpaid
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March 20, 2019: | Appraisal Regulatory Modernization: Idea Whose Time Has Come
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March 6, 2019: | Keys to Business Success in 2019
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February 20, 2019: | OREP Risk Management Q&A: How to Disclose and Adjust for Carcinogens
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January 29, 2019: | Private Appraisal Work, The Final Frontier
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January 23, 2019: | Persistent Appraisal Failures: Part 1
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January 9, 2019: | Digital Transformation of the Appraisal Industry
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December 28, 2018: | Insurance Happy Ending
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December 19, 2018: | Explaining Your Adjustments
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December 12, 2018: | Paired Sales Using Percentage Adjustments and No Recent Sales
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November 28, 2018: | Kübler-Ross and the Certified Letter
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November 7, 2018: | What does “Misleading” Mean?
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October 24, 2018: | Uberrimae Fidei (what?)
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October 17, 2018: | Risk of Land Volatility
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October 10, 2018: | Being the Connected Appraiser— Building Business with Connected Tools |
October 3, 2018: | Understanding Competency |
September 19, 2018: | A Very Credible Napkin |
September 12, 2018: | Talking Fees and Antitrust |
September 7, 2018: | Professionals Bill by the Hour |
August 22, 2018: | It’s Just a Machine…. |
August 7, 2018: | Big Data, Big Risk? |
August 1, 2018: | Certifications: Understanding What You’re Signing |
July 25, 2018: | Risk Management Corner |
July 11, 2018: | Market Update: Interest Rates and Appraisal Volume |
June 27, 2018: | Hybrid Appraisals and Risk Management
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June 20, 2018: | Applying USPAP Fairly in a Review
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June 6, 2018: | Desktop Appraisals: Risk and Reward
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May 30, 2018: | Are You Committing Appraisal Fraud?
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May 23, 2018: | So You Want To Sell Your Appraisal Business?
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May 2, 2018: | I Can’t…Therefore it’s Not Possible
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April 25, 2018: | Why Appraisers Need Uniform, Federal Enforcement of USPAP
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April 18, 2018: | Common Appraisal Errors (Part 2)
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April 4, 2018: | Mobile Appraising: “But I Can’t See That Little Red Dot!”
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March 28, 2018: | Changing Markets
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March 21, 2018: | Transitioning Into Non-Lender Work
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March 12, 2018: | Appraisal Waivers Up for Key Vote
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March 7, 2018: | Cultural & Religious Effects on Value |
February 21, 2018: | Big Changes to College Degree, Experience Requirements |
February 7, 2018: | How Can Appraisers Thrive? |
January 31, 2018: | Navigating Hybrid Appraisals |
January 24, 2018: | Choices are Good |
January 10, 2018: | AQB Considers Changes to College Degree, Experience Requirements (Again) |
November 29, 2017: | Accommodation of Personal Interest |
November 29, 2017: | Adjustments: Sample Size, Relevance and Credible Solutions |
November 15, 2017: | Preparing for Your Deposition |
November 8, 2017: | How Much Value Does That Extra Bedroom Add? (Understanding Regression) |
October 25, 2017: | Solve Problems, Don’t Just Answer Questions |
October 18, 2017: | Have You Talked to Another Appraiser Lately? |
October 11, 2017: | Beyond USPAP? |
Sept. 27, 2017: | 2017 Fee Survey: Analyzing the Data |
Sept. 13, 2017: | Mentoring Fellow Appraisers |
August 30, 2017: | Lenders (and AMCs) Responsible for Appraisal Quality? |
August 16, 2017: | One Easy Trick to Get More Work |
August 2, 2017: | Fannie Mae’s Top Appraiser On the Future |
July 26, 2017: | PACE Financing: What Appraisers Should Know |
July 19, 2017: | Why Fannie Mae Shouldn’t Keep Data Secret |
July 5, 2017: | Facebook AND Face to Face Marketing |
June 21, 2017: | Appraiser’s Life: How Busy Are You? |
June 7, 2017: | Appraisers, Dentists, and Antitrust Law |
June 2, 2017: | Louisiana Appraisal Board: Anti-Competitive? |
May 24, 2017: | Fungible |
May 10, 2017: | AVMs to Finally Replace Appraisers? |
May 8, 2017: | Appraiser Q&A- Supporting Adjustments |
April 26, 2017: | I Messed Up (Really!) |
April 12, 2017: | 2017 Tech Insights |
March 22, 2017: | AQB Digs In: College Degree, Experience Requirements to Change |
March 1, 2017: | AMC Fined for Removing Appraiser from Panel |
February 15, 2017: | Express Yourself |
February 1, 2017: | Fees Rising! (New Fee Survey asks how much) |
January 18, 2017: | Appraiser Shortage or Just Fed Up? |
January 4, 2017: | Training Success Stories |
December 28: | Customary and Reasonable: Measuring the New Normal |
December 14, 2016: | Common Appraisal Errors |
December 7, 2016: | Insurance IQ: Driving to Work |
November 30, 2016: | Sharpening Skills: Are Granny Flats Undervalued? |
November 16, 2016: | Drones for Appraisal Use |
November 9, 2016: | What’s Your (Appraisal) Problem? |
October 26, 2016: | Latest AQB Proposal on College Degree, Experience Requirements |
October 12, 2016: | Disciplinary Process – How It Works, Your Rights & Likely Outcomes |
September 28, 2016: | Too Busy? Turning Away Work? Get Help! |
September 21, 2016: | Do Your Math (and Raise Your Fees) |
September 14, 2016: | Training the Next Generation |
September 7, 2016: | Five Steps to Growing an Appraisal Firm |
August 31, 2016: | Dispelling Myth of Appraiser Shortage |
August 24, 2016: | Making Case for an Appraiser’s Judgment |
August 17, 2016: | How Do you Tell an Appraiser from an Agent? |
August 3, 2016: | Insurance IQ |
July 27, 2016: | A Little Marketing Here and There |
July 20, 2016: | Extraordinary Assumption or Hypothetical Condition? |
July 6, 2016: | Real Estate Fraud – What’s an Appraiser to Do? |
June 22, 2016: | Time Adjustments |
June 15, 2016: | TAF Considers Skipping Experience Requirement |
June 8, 2016: | Time Has Come Today |
June 1, 2016: | True Cost of Low Appraisal Fees |
May 19, 2016: | AQB Proposes Alternative to College Degree Requirement |
May 11, 2016: | Repurchase Demands and Unacceptable Appraisal Practices – Part 2 |
April 27, 2016: | Words That Matter |
April 13, 2016: | Future of Appraisers Survey |
March 30, 2016: | College Degree Requirement Misguided |
March 16, 2016: | Wash. AMC Fails, Leaves Appraisers Unpaid |
March 11, 2016: | Repurchase Demands and Unacceptable Appraisal Practices – Part 1 |
March 2, 2016: | Late Appraisal: USPAP Violation? |
February 17: | The Decline of Appraisers |
February 10, 2016: | Legal Doom |
February 3, 2016: | Appraisers Win $36 Million Class Action |
January 27, 2016: | Getting Neighborhood Description Right |
January 22, 2016: | AMC Fined Over C&R Fees |
January 20, 2016: | Working Well with AMCs |
January 6, 2016: | USPAP: Shifting (Quick) Sand for Appraisers |
December 21, 2015: | Wildfires and Appraisers |
December 8, 2015: | Search Parameters and the Best Comparables |
November 24, 2015: | Mapping for Success with Google |
November 23, 2015: | Giving Thanks (and Giving Back) to Our Veterans |
November 13, 2015: | Incorrect Reporting of Sales & Listing Data in Appraisal Reports |
November 10, 2015: | Contributory Market Value Riddle |
November 4, 2015: | What the Appraisal Foundation Thinks |
October 30, 2015: | Appraiser/Whistleblower Wins $85 Million |
October 28, 2015: | Understanding USPAP – Part Three: SR-2 |
October 14, 2015: | Claims, Complaints and E&O Insurance |
September 30, 2015: | Future of Valuation |
September 25, 2015: | Observe, Analyze and Report- In that Order |
September 16, 2015: | What Appraisers Keep Getting Wrong |
September 9, 2015: | TRID: What’s It Mean for Appraisers? |
September 2, 2015: | Why Your Words Matter (in your appraisal) |
August 26, 2015: | Appraiser Landmark $36 Million Settlement with BoA |
August 19, 2015: | Appraising Lake Property |
August 10, 2015: | Facing License Denial, Coester Sues Virginia Board |
August 5, 2015: | How Much Are You Worth? |
July 29, 2015: | What if it Can’t be Supported? Your Value as a Local Expert |
July 22, 2015: | Understanding USPAP Part 2: SR – 1 |
July 1, 2015: | Road to Supporting Value: Ranking & Reconciliation |
June 17, 2015: | Are You a Tier 1 or Tier 2 Appraiser? |
June 8, 2015: | First Enforcement of C&R Fee Provision: Louisiana Makes History |
June 3, 2015: | Bank’s Letter to Appraiser Started Off With… |
May 20, 2015: | Appraisers Entitled to Overtime, Court Holds |
May 11, 2015: | Blacklisting Lawsuit Continues |
May 6, 2015: | Supporting Market Conditions Adjustments |
April 27, 2015: | Lies, Damn Lies… and FMNA ‘statistics’ |
April 22, 2015: | Appraising with Regression |
April 8, 2015: | AMC’s – Bridge Too Far? |
March 25, 2015: | Understanding USPAP – The Preamble |
March 11, 2015: | Extracting an Adjustment – One Way To Measure |
February 25, 2015: | Appraiser Efficiency in the New World of CU |
February 11, 2015: | Life After the New CU System |
February 3, 2015: | Collateral Underwriter: First Feedback |
January 27, 2015: | Taking Success Into My Own Hands |
January 20, 2015: | Collateral Underwriter – Too Much Too Soon |
January 14, 2015: | Fannie Mae Warning Letters on the Rise |
December 17, 2014: | Oregon Board Sanctions AMC |
December 3, 2014: | USPAP, Retrospective Appraisals and the Titanic |
November 19, 2014: | Troubling Times at Fannie Mae |
November 5, 2014: | Case Closed: Appeal Dropped in ESA/Chase Bankruptcy |
October 29, 2014: | Appraisers, AMCs & Building Bridges |
October 22, 2014: | Complaints: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You |
October 8, 2014: | Adjustments: Your Opinion Doesn’t Count |
September 24, 2014: | Review Appraisal Liability |
September 17, 2014: | HUD Blacklisting: Guilty Until Proven Innocent |
September 10, 2014: | Appraisal Board Sanctions AMC for Late Payment |
August 27, 2014: | Highest and Best Use Analysis |
August 20, 2014: | Board Complaints: You Can’t Fight City Hall…Or Can You? |
August 13, 2014: | Blacklisted for Refusing Low Fees |
July 31, 2014: | 12,346 Appraisal Failures Every Week |
July 22, 2014: | Green Building – How Can We Know Value? |
July 16, 2014: | Court Certifies Class and Approves Nationwide Class Settlement for Review Appraisers |
July 2, 2014: | Overseas AMC Staff: Could I Speak to “Villiam?” |
June 18, 2014: | So You Want to Increase Business… |
June 4, 2014: | Trainees, Employees and How to Build a Business |
May 28, 2014: | State Board Moves to Curb Frivolous Complaints |
May 21, 2014: | Training the Future |
April 30, 2014: | We Need to Do What? Verifying AMC Licensing |
April 23, 2014: | Smoking Gun Allows Appraiser to Sue over Blacklisting |
April 9, 2014: | New Pressure: Agents Filing Complaints |
March 26, 2014: | Importance of Good Scope of Work |
March 21, 2014: | “Paperless” Appraising |
March 12, 2014: | Fannie Mae’s “Do Not Use” List
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February 26, 2014: | Top 5 Questions Asked of Appraisers and How to Answer |
February 13, 2014: | You Only Have to Make 700+/- Decisions in the Next Six Hours |
February 5, 2014: | Fighting Appraisal Board Complaints |
January 26, 2014: | Victory for Customary and Reasonable Fees in Louisiana |
January 16, 2014: | OCC: Lenders Responsible for AMCs |
January 1, 2014, 2014: | Beware of Consent Decrees |
December 27, 2013: | Positive Resolution to Chase Blacklisting Saga |
December 18, 2013: | “Low Bid” Appraisal – AMC Rebuttal |
December 4, 2013: | “Low Bid” Appraisal Ordering and Its Effect on Quality |
November 27, 2013: | Conversation with Fannie Mae |
November 19, 2013: | Feds to Reconsider Customary and Reasonable Fees – Maybe |