So nice that Greg's client's last email seemed to show a soothing of ruffled feathers and that they are all.....o.k. now. That message did not necessarily pave the way to getting more appraisal business from this client working with any lender/investor.......but, just "for this same borrower". Hmmmm. Just how many loans does that borrower do with FNB ?
I think that a cracked PDF and an UNintended amendment to an existing report is worthy of a bit of scrutiny in these technically potent times we live in. They tried desparately to get Greg to do what he never should have entertained. He held, and they failed, and could have likely then picked up the red phone on the wall in the janitor's closet....and contacted their go-to guy for a special favor. You know, that person who they have never met and whose face they could never recognize in a line-up. Look for watermarks.
The opportunity for the "new forms" to have gotten even more things fixed and done correctly, and with less confusion and obfuscation, never did materialize. We still wrestle today with that outcome......and no new version of the Selling Guide to clarify finer internal details. If nothing else, the word arrangement of "Lender/Client" could have re-sequenced to say Client/Lender, instead. Such would allow the appraiser to state both, if different entities, and do so by starting with the name and identity of the party who was their Client and sourced the appraisal assignment.....followed by mentioning next the party stated by that client as being THE Lender........AT THE TIME THE ORIGINAL APPRAISAL ASSIGNMENT WAS GIVEN !