Walked away mid-inspection/vent

[Roy Courtney]

Many of these posts appear to have been written by non-parents.

I agree with NC, for the most part, though sometimes I wear my camo cutoffs, Larry the Cable Guy work shirt, snow tire flip flops and a Corona visor.

I PPete has a great point - we may may be professionals, but we need to not think we enjoy the same prestige as physicians: brain surgeons don't make house calls.

You have a 10 am apt. to inspect the home. You ring the bell and the owner comes to the door. You say "Good morning! I am Peter LeQuire the appraiser." The home owner says "Whatever, just get it done!"

Are you still in a good mood at that point?

 

[Pittsburgh Pete]

You have a 10 am apt. to inspect the home. You ring the bell and the owner comes to the door. You say "Good morning! I am Peter LeQuire the appraiser." The home owner says "Whatever, just get it done!"

Are you still in a good mood at that point?

Who cares? Be professional and do your job.

 

[Mike Kennedy]

At that point, I could only cancel the inspection and tell them they would receive a call from another appraiser. She even asked that I just continue. Unreal.

When interviewing the owners as you were setting up the appointment, did you fully explain exactly what the inspection involved and your standard routine and - WHY it is necessary to follow that routine?

Assuming I wanted to complete the assignment and get paid - I would have taken her suggestion above, explained why, and done what my Client engaged me to do. The client most probably was told she gave you authorization to continue and refused then left "for no good reason".

Please do let us know your Client's reaction to your "on-site solution". Thanks.

 

[Roy Courtney]

Pepe Le Pete

Pepe Le Pew - YouTube :icon_mrgreen:

 

[Lakefront boater]

I think you guys are missing the OP's point, he decided this was something he didn't want to do durring the course of his interaction while on assignment. This is his choice and if he decided this was something he didn't want to take on for any variety of reasons that's his choice and usually when an appraiser decides to back out of an assignment they started or have it referred out, or reassigned it's usually something they won't ever regret.

I usually do interior first but it doesn't matter to me whether I do ext/int first if I have a question I just knock on the door and ask if I can take another look at a certain area. I don't think any appraiser ever regrets not taking an assignment on if they don't feel right about it. Whether one disagrees with the reason the OP decided to opt out of this one is not relevant in the big picture if his decision was not to take it on and have it reassigned it's something he won't regret, life is too short to make an issue out of something that won't matter a week from now and another appraiser will be happy to take it on.

Lenders/AMC's will drop appraisers from their panel or stop assigning them work for a number of stupid reasons so if that's a primary worry then it doesn't make a difference either because the appraiser is just a number on a list and there is not really any kind of professional relationship with these entities yet they want heaven and earth moved on a moment's notice?

The amount of stress and liability involved in the lending world regarding appraisals and the endless scope creep and general overall poor quality vendor treatment does not make any sense to second guess why an appraiser chose to make a decision call on something regarding their business whether one agrees or not with the specific reason.

He did the right thing

 

[Pittsburgh Pete]

Pepe Le Pete

Pepe Le Pew - YouTube :icon_mrgreen:

OMG, I'm being disrespected. You wouldn't do this to the cable TV guy or the telephone guy would you?

 

[J Grant]

To each their own.

Possibly losing a 30k year account (or whatever it is worth), because a homeowner interrupted my routine and asked me to inspect interior first, or even was rude, to me is a bad trade off.

I run into rude homeowners and incredibly nice ones...they balance each other out.

 

[Pittsburgh Pete]

I think you guys are missing the OP's point, he decided this was something he didn't want to do durring the course of his interaction while on assignment. This is his choice and if he decided this was something he didn't want to take on for any variety of reasons that's his choice and usually when an appraiser decides to back out of an assignment they started or have it referred out, or reassigned it's usually something they won't ever regret.

I usually do interior first but it doesn't matter to me whether I do ext/int first if I have a question I just knock on the door and ask if I can take another look at a certain area. I don't think any appraiser ever regrets not taking an assignment on if they don't feel right about it. Whether one disagrees with the reason the OP decided to opt out of this one is not relevant in the big picture if his decision was not to take it on and have it reassigned it's something he won't regret, life is too short to make an issue out of something that won't matter a week from now and another appraiser will be happy to take it on.

Lenders/AMC's will drop appraisers from their panel or stop assigning them work for a number of stupid reasons so if that's a primary worry then it doesn't make a difference either because the appraiser is just a number on a list and there is not really any kind of professional relationship with these entities yet they want heaven and earth moved on a moment's notice?

The amount of stress and liability involved in the lending world regarding appraisals and the endless scope creep and general overall poor quality vendor treatment does not make any sense to second guess why an appraiser chose to make a decision call on something regarding their business whether one agrees or not with the specific reason.

He did the right thing

So being mistreated by AMCs is reason to tell a homeowner with a reasonable request to go pound salt? I suppose that's a valid excuse for kicking your dog or beating your children too. This profession has sunken to an all-time low.

 

[Lakefront boater]

When interviewing the owners as you were setting up the appointment, did you fully explain exactly what the inspection involved and your standard routine and - WHY it is necessary to follow that routine?

Assuming I wanted to complete the assignment and get paid - I would have taken her suggestion above, explained why, and done what my Client engaged me to do. The client most probably was told she gave you authorization to continued and refused then left "for no good reason".

Please do let us know your Client's reaction to your "on-site solution". Thanks.

The OP's decision was to not complete the assignment and not get paid, this is within his freewill as a businessman to decide whether one agrees with his reason or not.

In the end it was the OP's time and resources that he was out of (his choice to lose money). The lender/AMC etc. will just reassign it and another appraiser will set up an inspection within 24-48 hrs.

 

[Lakefront boater]

So being mistreated by AMCs is reason to tell a homeowner with a reasonable request to go pound salt? I suppose that's a valid excuse for kicking your dog or beating your children too. This profession has sunken to an all-time low.

No, not at all. Life is too short to take things on that one is not comfortable with and sometimes good old fashioned horse sense (gut instinct) saves alot of stress and can help ensure a good sleep!.

If the OP was not comfortable and was so uncomfortable that he decided that he did not want to complete the assignment that's his call to make. How you reason this profession has sunken to all time low etc. beacuse of my comment is not even worth going into.