
Appraiser’s superpower
Commercial appraiser’s superpower is asking questions. The questions provide master-level due diligence for buyers and investors of real estate and help banks understand collateral risk.

Up to the next level
When’s the last time you’ve done something for the first time? In your valuation career, what year are you operating? Repeating ideas and processes from

Appraiser trust
Appraisers don’t provide appraisals, they provide trust. Fee appraiser or bank appraiser, it’s all you got. Trust is created through leadership resulting in employees

Put a ring on it
Have you ever noticed we call our contracts “engagement” letters? Regardless, it’s the start of a contractual relationship between fee and bank appraisers. What’s something

Another 50+ hour week
Appraisal departments are “fighting huge fires internally.” The workload is “killing us right now.” Did you think at this point in your career you’d be

Find, engage and retain
Appraisers, what’s your hiring strategy? Are you optimistic you can handle your 2022 appraisal volume? Last week Tampa had its Mardi Gras-like party called Gasparilla.