I just got a request to do a desk review. Just one problem. I am the appraiser! So yes - had to decline that assignment, with the ordering party apologizing and thanking me at the same time! Always a funny situation! So now the real question is this : How will I do in the eyes of someone else
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12/27/2010
As I am completing so many reviews these days, for appraisals completed in 2006 and 2007 – it is a curious finding to come across a really poorly developed appraisal……only to find that the appraiser no longer has a valid license. In one sense, it makes the job easier – as I don’t really have to
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12/22/2010
A couple of years ago, a prominent lender here in Florida filed bankruptcy and owed me for ONE appraisal fee. Needless to say, I did not collect that fee, and basically just chalked it up to a loss. I was certain the homeowner for whom I had performed the appraisal, was far more inconvenienced
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12/13/2010
I remember when I first moved to Florida full time. It was in 2003, before the BOOM in real estate. I owned a home in upstate New York which was worth about $40,000 at the time but the taxes were outrageous! Couple that with winters where it was common for 6 feet to 10 feet of snow to accumul
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12/12/2010