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At 7:04am on September 18, 2008, Bill Cobb said…: Hi John,
Thank you for you kind comments.

This is my reply in Water Cooler and I am sending you my Exterior comments created through USL via email.

Thanks to all of you who took the time to reply with your valuable and especially helpful experiences. Brian, thank you so much for the video, very helpful! I do own and use the USL Documenter II and find it especially helpful for FNMA 2055 Exterior Only reports. I highly, highly recommend the USL Documenter II.

Instead of creating a USL Doc file for each report, I've created 1 standard template for FNMA 1004 Refis, Purchases, Other (Divorce, Succession, etc..) and 1 Standard Template for FNMA 2055 Exterior Only. I have these in pdf format and attach them to the rear of my appraisal pdfs.

One reason I'm so sold on the USL Documenter II is from what I discovered in the Avoiding Residential Appraiser Liability Appraisal Institute Seminar in 4/2007:

“Appraiser Notes” are original, written content made by the appraiser and the courts give much more weight to “Appraiser Notes” than they do the extra 3-4 pages of Appraiser’s Certification verbiage from within the actual FNMA 1004 form. In other words, the courts haven’t had a tendency to rely upon the “fine-print” on the appraisal form.

The USL Documenter II helps me create these "Appraiser Notes" which are so helpful in an appraiser's defense in court.

See My Notes From This Seminar on Appraisal Scoop:

http://appraisalnewsonline.typepad.com/appraisal_news_for_real_e/2007/04/much_of_the_inf.html