I recently completed an inspection for an appraisal of a home in my county. The home was a typical block ranch with needed updates to the flooring, painting, etc. But the home itself was pretty typical of the area. The neighbor's home had a fence around it and all seemed just fine to me at the
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10/31/2008
I contend that the real "hot button" is not the lowering of fees - but the inequity of appraisal standards. The trainees or newly licensed appraisers who cannot afford to open their own shop may indeed get a raise in fee by accepting an order for $200. That is logical and a true fact of the ma
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10/28/2008
I just started a new Yahoo Group today. This is a group to help new Appraisal Institute associates like myself, who are looking to find answers to the journey towards a designation and higher learning. In the past, I had joined another Yahoo group - but the level of spam and unmoderated posts - p
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10/27/2008
My church was actually supporting "Vote yes on 2". From the surface of what you hear in the news and blogs, etc - it all seemed worthwile if all the verbiage said was "marriage is defined as a union between 1 man and 1 woman". I would have no problem voting for that - as some have mentioned, th
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10/23/2008
I also wanted to pass along the web site link to order a very helpful DVD to teach the basics of charting with Excel. I learned my skills from Anthony Young who offers these training DVDs at: http://graphthetrend.net/ There are also some FREE intro videos on his site at http://graphthetrend.net/F
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10/20/2008
I wanted to share with anyone who may find this helpful, some quick ways to create valuable reports for your clients. Using simple Excel tools and your local MLS data - you can accomplish some significant graphs and charts to share with your customers: Video #1 - Exporting Data: Video #2 - Sortin
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10/20/2008
Aside from the melting credit markets and tighter lending availability.....this is a GREAT time to be in the market for a home! (KEEP READING for a FREE copy of my neighborhood report!) The more trend analysis I do in my local Orlando/Lake county markets - the more solid this trend becomes that
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10/11/2008
