We've all heard the cliches about real estate agents not earning their commission, how they barely work or just unlock doors to let people into homes. The truth is that I even perpetuated some of those stereotypes as a young and inexperienced appraiser! When I started as an appraiser my boss would always say that the LO's were the most difficult part of the business because all they wanted was to get the next deal done at any cost. I would always remind him that the real estate agents were even more difficult because they just opened escrow and then (10 comments)