A Few Suggestions for Faster Turn Times

The appraisal profession is evolving at all times. Regularly, it seems, appraisers are asked to include additional information or have steps added to their process. All to guarantee their client receives the best data to be had. To keep up with the constantly changing requirements, is continuously acquiring additional tools and tweaking processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for you. Since knows that time is important to everyone, below are a few items you can do to hasten the process on any appraisals ordered with .

Are you ordering appraisals online?: By ordering online, you automatically receive e-mail acknowledgements that the assignment was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This tip single-handedly will save the most time! No longer do we have to manually enter information from a fax, and nor will you wonder whether the order was received.
Confirm that the subject property information is accurate and complete.: Having just one number incorrect on the street address can really add unnecessary time to an appraisal assignment. And if you have a tax parcel number, plat map number, subdivision name or anything else that uniquely identifies the property, please pass it along. Even a list of recent area sales is welcome — though be advised that professional appraisers must always do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may differ from yours.
Are you telling us up front any characteristics of the property that might make it distinct?: It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter house. What takes time is analyzing how elements unique to a property contribute to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. Let us know up front when you order your report if there are unique features of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's had a recent addition put on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's prone to flooding. While these are things that we would find out on our own, knowing them early on makes your report arrive earlier.
Let the occupants know what to expect.: One of the most tedious steps of the appraisal process is setting an appointment with the current homeowner. It's understandable for a homeowner to be uneasy with an unknown person inspecting every square foot of their home, taking pictures, and making numerous notes. A common belief is that they ought to make the place spotless before the inspection, with the notion that will make the house appraise higher. So they delay the inspection until it is cleaned.

Hearing it directly from you -- someone they are working with on their loan -- some knowledge about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't make it more likely their sale will close, and can decrease the appraisal inspection time. I encourage you to point them to this website, where we have lots of pages of relevant information for homeowners as well as others about the appraisal process. Encourage them to call us if they want to familiarize themselves with our staff and services. Remind them it's in their interest to set the appointment quickly!
Easily keep tabs on the status of your report on our website.: Why are you still playing phone and fax tag when our website offers up-to-the-minute status updates available online, anytime, 24/7? As each important milestone in an assignment is completed, that information is instantly available to you online. It's never been easier to keep track of your report's status.