Looking for ways to increase your efficiency and save time in your work day? Whether your goal is to work fewer hours and improve your work-life balance or increase productivity and scale your business, there are many technology tools available to help you complete…
Tax season 2021 is just around the corner. If you own your own appraisal business, or another type of small business, you may have some questions regarding the best practices for filing taxes. To help you out, we’ve put together a list of resources…
To achieve your goals as an appraiser or small business owner, you’re going to need to stay motivated. What business goals do you plan to pursue this year? What appraisal skills do you want to focus on improving? We’ve curated a collection of motivational…
The year 2020 was unpredictable, challenging, and downright stressful. Were your business goals among the many things that were put on hold last year? If so, maybe now you’re in a place where you’re ready to revisit and reassess those goals for the year…
Many appraisers report that they’d like to spend less time on email. The task of providing status emails eats up time in the workday and tends to be more complex and time-consuming than typing a quick email reply. Status requests from AMCs typically require…
We recently asked our real estate appraisal community, “Do you plan to take on a trainee appraiser in the next 5 years?” About half of survey respondents said no, while the other half said yes or maybe. To gain further insight into these answers,…
We recently asked our appraisal community, “What ONE business skill does every appraiser need to master?” By far, the most popular answer selection was “delegation and time management.” According to real-life appraisers, several business skills are important. But time management, in particular, is essential…
What types of clients do property appraisers serve? Do most of their assignments come from lenders vs. non-lenders? To help answer these questions, we recently asked our real estate appraisal community, “What type of appraisal client makes up the majority of your client base?”…
Even if the bulk of your appraisals are fairly cut and dried, and require minimal interaction with a human client, any appraiser will occasionally have to work with a difficult client. The assignment might require you to work with a specialty property that is…
A good appraisal review requires rigorous effort, including obtaining the necessary knowledge, skills, and experience required to review. As a reviewer, sometimes you must untangle conflicting data or rework poor methodology. Review assignments can be extremely complex and exceedingly time consuming. So why would…
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