Do not count laundry room as a room

[Vermonter]

your old pound the sand client, will now become my new happy client. lucky me.

That really isn't the brag you think it is

 

[Tom D]

That really isn't the brag you think it is

i wasn't bragging, but i haven't looked for a client in 20+ years. i guess lucky me, they seem to find me. however, i always say your best client today is your no client tomorrow, and your no client today is your best client tomorrow.
to the younger appraisers, treat your good clients like gold. some of the chest beating here seems like a faux bravery by some of you 'me tough' appraiser. if you work for AMC, then don't beat your chest, you asked for it.

 

[Vermonter]

i wasn't bragging, but i haven't looked for a client in 20+ years. i guess lucky me, they seem to find me. however, i always say your best client today is your no client tomorrow, and your no client today is your best client tomorrow.
to the younger appraisers, treat your good clients like gold. some of the chest beating here seems like a faux bravery by some of you 'me tough' appraiser. if you work for AMC, then don't beat your chest, you asked for it.

So NOT rolling over for useless stips irrelevant to the report and value conclusion....is chest beating. Got it

 

[Tom D]

So NOT rolling over for useless stips irrelevant to the report and value conclusion....is chest beating. Got it

yea, that's right. you bite your tongue and just do it, then forget about it if you really like your client. you need them more than they need you, since i assume that's why you are working. i'm sure that they have a list of use/don't use appraisers and you, unfortunately, are nothing in a large company, or worse an AMC. i don't disrespect you for not rolling over, i will give you a hug as a pretty smart poster. i have survived a long time, but i have made a few business mistakes that could have lost a client. just want the newer appraisers here to bite their tongue, do it and forget about it as a business decision. i'm not into a boxing match with the lender. before that point i would have dropped them. i drop any new client if they annoy me more than 2 times. but that my business decision. those on the AMC plantation might not feel so free as you or i.

 

[Vermonter]

yea, that's right. you bite your tongue and just do it, then forget about it if you really like your client.

The reason to like a client is because they DON'T waste your time with stupid ****.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

I only wear real shoes if it's raining or muddy.

Real shoes are over-dressed in Wal-Mart

those on the AMC plantation might not feel so free as you or i.

Unfortunately, it is this that is the reason low fees are often taken - when the fridge is short of food and the mortgage payment is due - you take the jobs you'd rather not. That's why I point out that the low fee is a form of control that the lenders use to get the appraiser to kowtow and 'hit that number' so this loan slides right through the process.

 

[Tom D]

The reason to like a client is because they DON'T waste your time with stupid ****.

stop it, i am not disagreeing with you. but i have gotten a couple of stupid questions from never asked stupid question clients. you do understand that lender's people can come and go and you can get a new nervous underwriter question. i answer it and then immediately forget about it, unlike this tortuous thread which needs to be forgotten.

 

[Vermonter]

you do understand that lender's people can come and go and you can get a new nervous underwriter question.

I do. The difference is I see it as an opportunity to educate rather than capitulate.

FTR Nervous underwriters don't make up new requirements out of thin air.

 

[David S]

My personally believe the room should be an area the people can sleep, work or enjoy, like dinning, entertainment. etc.

 

[sputnam]

So NOT rolling over for useless stips irrelevant to the report and value conclusion....is chest beating. Got it

The stips seem useless to you... and probably have little relevance to the credibility of the valuation however, they are apparently important to your Client.. your customer. It's their money, if you don't want more of it then, the right approach is to tell them to pound sand.