Insights for Appraisal Operations

Explore practical perspectives, industry trends, and expert guidance to help you improve workflows, manage vendor networks, and navigate the evolving appraisal landscape.

From compliance and workflow optimization to vendor management and technology strategy, our blog covers the topics that matter most to appraisal professionals.

Stay informed, learn from real-world experiences, and discover new ways to improve how your team operates.

Less swamped, more productive appraisers 

Do repetitive manual tasks bring down your appraisal firm or bank appraisal department?  Think Zoom calls are a complete waste…

Listen for opportunity

As the owner of a commercial appraisal firm, are you listening or doing all the talking? As the appraisal manager…

Ducks in a row

“Get your ducks in a row.” You’ve heard it, but what does it mean? To have complete composure; to make…

Indicator of success

What does success look like for appraisers? List the goals you want to accomplish in the next 12 months. State…

Missed a spot

We recently purchased our HQ office building in downtown Tampa. I hired a commercial painter to paint a four level…

Why trust is everything

Do bank appraisers trust their fee appraisers? Do appraisal firm owners trust their staff appraisers? An affirmative answer gives you…

Stick with it

Is being “swamped” an excuse to avoid taking the time to address internal bottlenecks and inefficiencies? As a commercial fee…

Let it go

When a commercial fee appraiser gets a reviewer’s email, they say “Awesome!” No. Never. The reviewer’s email is often met…

Come together

Is it time to step outside of our box? We’re not just bank appraisers.Bank appraisers are more than what’s between…

The water cooler is dead

As the owner of an appraisal firm or appraisal manager of your department, you can no longer manage with the…

Who’s on your crew

Bank and fee appraisers are siloed. There’s little time to collaborate with new productive ideas including leveraging technology for your…

Where are we going

The valuation industry has reached a fork in the road. The appraiser shortage is happening right now. Those remaining in…