Sounds to me like the client is getting charged for mileage, and they want a way to prove the charge is bogus. The reason to be so specific about where it is in the report is a way of avoiding having that information scrubbed when the report is re...
Another way that appraisers could unify for the common good is to have a regularly updated database of AMC fees and conditions.
This would level the playing field for folks who want this kind of work, because AMCs would not be able to use our ign...
I agree with Kat - I work in the Seattle WA area, and we have MLS and searchable county records (via Metroscan), but sometimes there is just no data available in certain areas.
Just disclose that what you did, what you found, and what is typical ...
>When are appraisers going to take a stand and protect our fees.
We are all fighter pilots. Independent businessmen, entrepreneurs. We stand or fall as individuals, even as we meet our fate together.
YOU must be one of the ones who takes a stand...
Stacia, I could kiss you for actually reading those contracts, and refusing to sign them...
Lots of appraisers are signing them and setting themselves up for catastrphic loss...
From my blog: http://hyperionappraisal.blogspot.com/2009/05/caveat-...
I think you need to change the focus of your business, not throw away all of your valuable experience. I don’t know if your primary focus was mortgage work, but there’s a ton of non-lender work out there for those who can demonstrate proficiency. ...
There’s some truth in here, Glenn, but you’ve really gone heavy on the sneering stereotyping. I don’t know you yet, but overall I think you’re making some good points. BTW – “appraisers have become like some little church cult` - that made me laug...
What... you actually believe AMCs are going to help this???? I'm floored.
E-mail and other correspondence between appraisers and AMCs reviewed by BusinessWeek show that at least some AMCs do press appraisers to reconsider their valuations at the ...