Appraising Life, One House At A Time
What do you offer? Think about it. What is it you genuinely offer to others? I’m sure if you’re like me, you came up with some pretty generic answers to this question. Answers like I’m a good listener, I offer a good service in my business, and I offer help when needed. Ok, that’s a
Over the past couple of weeks, numerous news sites have put out articles that seem to blame appraisers for delays in the lending world. Along with this narrative, the recent Covid 19 pandemic is also being sited as a possible reason as well as the continued narrative of an appraiser shortage and how difficult it
In today’s day and age, along with social media, we are flooded with negative thoughts and negative posts. The media, friends, and family tend to post everything they believe to be true to their feeds, especially when it comes to doom and gloom. In the Valuation world we see numerous posts per day that showcase
There is no way I can start this blog off without referencing the famous scene from the sopranos with Vic the Appraiser seen here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IcGMCA13T9M Poor Vic. He just gets beat up for just doing his Job in this episode. While many appraisers will never experience this sort of violence against them, they do experience
In today’s day and age, we want things fast. We want our amazon packages in 1-3 days, we want our food delivery within 30 min or so, and we want changes to occur overnight. While all this is great, there is something that can’t happen quickly…. Making changes to yourself. Sunday, July 19th, will be
Fear. Forget Everything And Retreat. This statement is what my counselor told me the first day I sat in my alcohol rehab meeting with him. This is what Fear meant to him. I heard him say it, but I didn’t understand the importance of it until I started to dig deep into my fears both
Note: I am releasing this earlier than the 1 year mark as I want that day to be something I can reflect upon on my own with no outside noise. For me ist going to be a special day that i will have to continue to work at. July 19 2019. I awake in bed
We hear it all the time. “ Think outside the box.” But what does that really mean? To me it means to think freely, think of things I myself or others don’t already do, finding a new perspective or idea off the beaten path. It’s a phrase that is so underutilized in the appraiser profession
This is a word that most appraisers have forgotten or just don’t even know exists. In the appraiser world there are 2 types of business. The lender business and what we call private business. Yet many appraisers out there have no idea just how much OTHER business they can create and or generate just by
Recently I have noticed in various groups and forums many posts from Realtors about Appraisers as well as Appraisers about Realtors. These posts aren’t about complimenting one another rather they are about complaining and or making disparaging comments about each profession. Realtors will say appraisers are not doing their job correctly, coming in low, killing
