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.

How to Lead When Your Team Is Exhausted

Leading your bank’s appraisal department or appraisal firm, are you working 10-hour days, but don’t have time to get everything…

Hug an appraiser day

Congress approved “Hug an Appraiser Day” as a federal holiday. It’s September 21st. No they didn’t, but they should. Commercial…

Can we get on the same page? 

Just like EOS (entrepreneurial operating system), AOS (appraiser operating system) can be a set of concepts and tools used by…

Enthusiasm, don’t curb it

What’s the No. 1 attitude most beneficial for real estate valuation professionals? Enthusiasm!!! The result? More fulfilling personal and professional…

Appraisal done! Whew, next one

What do shortcuts really cost appraisers? If you haven’t had a vacation in the last year, consider reading on. There’s…

Solutions to appraiser relevancy

Fee and bank appraisers both play the same game but on separate teams. There’s lots of refs, OCC, FDIC, USPAP,…

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…