
From Frustration to Fulfillment, A Kaizen Story
Steve is a Chief Appraiser of a $40B bank in the Southeast. He deals with FDIC audits, ROVs and gets pinged by his RMs. He’s

Hiding in Plain Sight
“The appraisal industry has so many opportunities if we work together”, Cindy Chance Ph.D. and CEO of the Appraisal Institute. Cindy was gracious to present

Banking’s Digital Jenga
In Jenga, players remove one block, then place the removed block on the top. This creates a taller, but increasingly unstable structure as the game

Foam Fades, Knowledge Stays: Rethinking Appraiser Education
The valuation profession’s education is like the car wash guy at the tunnel entrance. It’s a rinse-and-repeat mindset. Car wash guy waives his hand to

An appraiser looks at 60
Where are you in your life path? I hope you’re looking at life forward towards the bow (opportunity) and not the stern (regret). My birthday

People over profit
Last week a new DataComp Suite customer bought our software but then found out he couldn’t get out of his contract with a competing product.