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AmcAppraisalsinc.com is Richard Ferris. I am a Florida state certified real estate appraiser serving clients in Lake county, Orange county, Osceola county, Polk county, Seminole county, and parts of Volusia county. My blog concerns local market activities, general thoughts on my real estate world, and technology tips to be more productive as a paperless office.

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2010 

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...
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 ...
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...
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...
12/12/2010
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Richard D. Ferris

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