Do you meet your appraiser? What are your thoughts?

Good blog to spur discussion.

If I can't meet them I certainly try to get on a friendly level with them so they will call me immediately if there is any question in this Squirrly market.

Greetings from Innerloop Houston Texas

In today's makret with many appraisers being from out of the area, it is sometimes necessary to meet with them to see what comps they are using and if they are doing a fair job. We have had two properties recently where we did not meet the appraiser and both appraisals were in my opinion badly done. One although listings are selling in days, not weeks, not months but days of coming on market that appraiser still said it was a declining market, although he appraised it more than a recent appraisal by the seller done before the home was listed. A second appraiser of one of my listings underpriced a home whilst using comps from miles away but refusing to use the obvious comps closer to the property that were priced higher.

So in my opinion I should meet the appraiser in today's market and show them my comps and see what they are considering using.