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Valuation 2009 New Orleans Photos and Commentary - Extra Perk For LSI Appraisers

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Nancy Price replied to Bill Cobb's discussion 'Valuation 2009 New Orleans Photos and Commentary - Extra Perk For LSI Appraisers'

Back to those bottom feeders LSI. Just recv'd order from them for $250 due Friday. I told rep I could not do any work for that fee and declined. When I quoted a competitive fee her exact words in a not so pleasant tone was " ? fee for a 1004". Doe...

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Mark Sargent commented on Bill Cobb's group 'S.M.A.R.T. 1004 MC Users Group'

When populating the 1004MC form why won't the 7-12 and 4-6 active listings count populate. This is good information to correlate for trends in active listings....

November 17

Kristina B. replied to Bill Cobb's discussion 'Valuation 2009 New Orleans Photos and Commentary - Extra Perk For LSI Appraisers'

I dont suspect anyone reading your post expects you to respond to each reply so, with that said, if you haven't figured it out by now, the AMC's like LSI (passing out 'extra perks' like the Quality Road Show training; which is in their own self in...

November 13

eBob replied to Bill Cobb's discussion 'Valuation 2009 New Orleans Photos and Commentary - Extra Perk For LSI Appraisers'

Most "Professional" appraisers are well aware that anything involving Joan Trice must be taken for what it is. In my opinion, and I am not encouraging anyone to follow my opinion, a true advocate for appraisers would not align themselves with AMC...

November 13

Joe The Appraiser replied to Bill Cobb's discussion 'Valuation 2009 New Orleans Photos and Commentary - Extra Perk For LSI Appraisers'

Well unfortunately this is what the industry has become, like many others. We have all the liability and and are at the bottom of the food chain. I dont expect to get a pass to the secret coctail party, personally Id rather not drink with those wh...

November 13

Kristina B. replied to Bill Cobb's discussion 'Valuation 2009 New Orleans Photos and Commentary - Extra Perk For LSI Appraisers'

Yes Joe...I feel flu-like when fed the BS this guy is writing. LSI is a bottom feeder; PVC Murcor -bottom feeder; EAppraiseIT-bottom feeder; PropertyScience- bottom feeder. All of them gathered together in the same room selling the same shtick. Re...

November 12

Nigel Mountbatten replied to Bill Cobb's discussion 'Valuation 2009 New Orleans Photos and Commentary - Extra Perk For LSI Appraisers'

I read the entire thing again. This is absolute BS, it's an advertisement for LSI and Trice. The bottom of the barrel barrel bows down to this crowd.

November 12

P.Palmer replied to Bill Cobb's discussion 'Valuation 2009 New Orleans Photos and Commentary - Extra Perk For LSI Appraisers'

"It was an appraiser's conference on current appraiser issues." I dispute this. Did you get into the VIP suite? Or did no one tell you, an appraiser? It restricted to AMCs. Most people discount the conference as a sad joke because of Trice's affil...

November 12

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Tony Zito Provides August 2008 Greater Baton Rouge Market Update

Tony Says:

I just ran the August 08 sales in the Greater Baton Rouge Housing Market:

I am unsure as to how accurate because of Gustav. We are about 120 sales off from June & July and about 35% from last August. That is why I waited until today to run them. I thought perhaps some didn't get logged in the MLS but they have been the same since the 1st.

For more information you can email me or visit this site

SOLD August 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
EBR 370 563 681 522 493
Livingston 92 147 139… Continue

Posted on September 12, 2008 at 7:40pm —

Baton Rouge Real Estate Appraiser Attends Appraisal Institute's "Appraisal Challenges: Declining Markets and Sales Concessions", Part 3

http://batonrougerealestateappraisers.com/ - Baton Rouge Real Estate Appraiser Attends Appraisal Institute's "Appraisal Challenges: Declining Markets and Sales Concessions", Part 3

Financing and Sales Concessions

This section begins with this quote, "In a downturn market, real estate practitioners often develop new tools to facilitate sales that would not otherwise be transacted. One of the most common tools used by brokers and builders… Continue

Posted on September 12, 2008 at 6:30pm —

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At 10:49am on October 1, 2009, Timothy Shawn Lentz said…: as2000@neb.rr.com; tlentz@neb.rr.com....I am getting acquated w/this site...love it...slow and steady, and my husband and I will learn a lot!
Thanks, Charyl

At 9:44pm on June 29, 2009, dennis bequette said…: thanks for the invite. i get on hwhen i see email, or i have a problem.
dennis

At 12:28pm on June 29, 2009, Robert J Simpson said…: Thanks Bill appreciate the howdy!!

At 11:16am on April 2, 2009, Bill Cobb said…: Tom, as far as I know, it's legal.....and hands-free. Here's how I make them: http://www.viddler.com/explore/reappraisertips/videos/2/
Thank you,
Bill

At 11:12am on April 2, 2009, Tom Molinari said…: Bill,

Just curious - Is it legal to make a video while driving in Louisiana? We can't even make a phone call in CA while driving unless it is hands free. I have noticed that you are making "hands free" vidos though. lol

At 2:33pm on April 1, 2009, Bill Cobb said…: Jay, Yes, SMART does this for us, it's in my video where I show you this at http://www.appraiserswatercooler.com/video/smart-appraiser-fannie-mae.
In my 14 minute video, I showed where the REO rate from SMART was 18.73%.

However, manually, in my Solid Earth MLS, we can choose "More" and choose "REO" Yes or No. Setting Yes, pull up all REOs in your MLS, but not in your market. You really need to read this article to understand that up to 70% of all REOs in your market may never be listed in your MLS: http://activerain.com/blogsview/927638/The-Landmines-Within

Hope this helps!

At 2:24pm on April 1, 2009, Jay McGinnis said…: OK, one more question... :)

How do I abstract "foreclosures/REO" data from my MLS? Just manually look at the notes sale by sale? On 50 sales that seems a bit much.
And... how does SMART abstarct this data? Are foreclosures a category with Solid Earth? Im messing around with downloading Solid Earth data now...

At 1:50pm on April 1, 2009, Jay McGinnis said…: Bill, I watched your video. Good stuff. We have Solid Earth here in Charleston. I beileve you said SMART works with that. How do I get SMART?