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.

Appraiser leadership, how’s it going?

Are you at your breaking point?  As appraiser managers or firm owners, we often work 10 hour days, but yet…

Appraiser Bias Narrative

You’ve probably have heard what happened. An interracial couple orders a residential appraisal in Jacksonville, value comes in at $330,000 for the black wife and $465,000 for the white husband….

Abundance of Caution

As a fee or bank appraiser, is your productivity lagging behind your peers? Are you stuck at a red light? …

Appraiser Mojo

“OMG, you’re an appraiser? That’s AMAZING!” I hear this all the time…no…never. But why not?   Mojo is that exact time when you…

Appraisal department overload

Appraisal departments: absolutely swamped, understaffed, not enough people on my team, overwhelmed, don’t have the time, doing a job that’s…

Appraiser shortage, do you feel it?

Many commercial fee appraisers are currently turning down jobs. They’re reducing their coverage areas. Cherry picking the easier jobs. Increasing fees….

What brings you here today?

“I work hard creating my appraisals; it frustrates me when reviewers ask for a bunch of revisions for a low fee.” – commercial fee…

You can’t start a fire without a spark

Bad habits can show up as long hours at the office and weekend work. Good habits, software and well-implemented processes…

Pulling in the same direction

Create an engaging culture Most commercial fee and bank appraisers operate solo. Many work from home. The lack of interaction…

Evaluations explained

Commercial evaluations are like alpacas. No one really knows for sure what to do with them. Do they produce eggs…

Sell your appraisal judgment

As a commercial fee appraiser or chief appraiser in a bank, what’s the answer to the question, “What value do appraisals provide? Some might…

Smartest people in the room

Those in the bank appraisal departments are the smartest people in the room when it comes to real estate. Problem is they don’t have a seat…