Hello fellow 'Rainer's!

I was recently asked to write an article for our quarterly publication, The Appraisal Press.  As you may or may not know, a la mode started as a desktop software publisher for real estate appraisers 23 years ago.  To this day, over 60% of the appraisers in the United States use the number one desktop appraisal software, WinTOTAL.

Anyway, as you have probably experienced - many home purchases have either fallen through or have been on the verge of falling through because of the final value of an appraisal.  I was asked to write an article educating appraisers on how they can go about getting appraial orders before a home is listed to help support not only the listing price, but help build their business beyond waiting to receive an order from a lender or AMC.

So I ask my fellow 'Rainers a two part question: 

• "Do you suggest getting an appraisal before listing a home"
  
  and/or
  
  
• "What could appraisers do to get agents to suggest getting an appraisal before listing a home"

I'm looking for any and all suggestions as well as your view about getting an appraisal -- good idea?  bad idea?  Thank you in advance to all who reply.  I know this will be a great article that could help both sides of the real estate transaction.