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[Albert2]

I GOT AN APPRAISAL TODAY IN AN AREA I DO NOT FEEL SAFE. THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE SOMEONE WAS SHOT AND KILLED RIGHT BEFORE I PASSED THEM ON THE STREET. I CANNOT SAY I AM OUT OF THE OFFICE OR THAT I HAVE A HEAVY WORKLOAD, AS THESE ARE NOT THE CASE. CAN I SAY IT IS OUT OF MY COVERAGE AREA? AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, I NEVER WANT TO GO BACK THERE, SO IT DEFINITELY IS OUT OF "MY" COVERAGE AREA. MOST LENDERS DON'T ASK FOR ZIP CODES, THEY ASK FOR COUNTIES YOU COVER. THOUGHTS?

 

[shrubberyvaluation]

I GOT AN APPRAISAL TODAY IN AN AREA I DO NOT FEEL SAFE. THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE SOMEONE WAS SHOT AND KILLED RIGHT BEFORE I PASSED THEM ON THE STREET. I CANNOT SAY I AM OUT OF THE OFFICE OR THAT I HAVE A HEAVY WORKLOAD, AS THESE ARE NOT THE CASE. CAN I SAY IT IS OUT OF MY COVERAGE AREA? AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, I NEVER WANT TO GO BACK THERE, SO IT DEFINITELY IS OUT OF "MY" COVERAGE AREA. MOST LENDERS DON'T ASK FOR ZIP CODES, THEY ASK FOR COUNTIES YOU COVER. THOUGHTS?

Ive always just said I don't feel safe, but out of coverage would be the same thing.

 

[Mile High Trout]

Learn to make comprehensive excuses. Sorry, have to pass on this one but will look forward to the next order in line.

You'll simply have to learn to deal with dangerous areas and unexpected events if you're a field appraiser. No way around it unless you are willing to cut the entire county out of your coverage area.

I do that. Denver county is not on my menu for most clients. I'll drive two hours around to the furthest reaches rather than zip down a half hour into Denver. It's no bueno. Last time I was down there I saw a drugged up naked dude with only a shirt on and his wang a hanging and his pants around his ankles, then this guard dog charged out of the junkyard and bit him on the *** and growled at him and he barely noticed and just walked along in a haze. True story.

Well, that's a comp pic I'll never forget. Every damned time.

Then before that I was on an early morning inspection and I made the grave error of driving through Denver instead of around Denver, and a party of carjacking teens screamed through red lights in an apparently stolen Tahoe or some similar large four door suv, with a duelie F250 or even a F350 type flatbed hot on their tracks. They ran me into the side of a petroleum tanker semi but thankfully because of the way the container was not square I only brushed up the mid side of the cylinder with a portion of my vehicle and did not take any real damage. But I could have been killed, my little truck was underneath part of the semi, they were almost completely in my lane and then sped off. The guy sped after them and it was insane amidst high density morning rush hour traffic.

Just another day in Denver. Why do they ride around on clown bikes in mini clown tutu's? Why is that guy playing the bagpipes on the corner? Who actually wants to live here? How many ebikes are necessary to support a community? How do they think bike lanes help when there is no parking to begin with? I'll never understand.

 

[shrubberyvaluation]

You'll simply have to learn to deal with dangerous areas and unexpected events if you're a field appraiser. No way around it unless you are willing to cut the entire county out of your coverage area.

I disagree, there is nothing wrong with not going to certain areas, it doens't have to be an entire county. There are places the cops don't want to go, if they don't feel safe there, I don't either.

 

[CGinMN]

If you tell the client it is out of your coverage area, and they only assign orders by county-level, prepare to get pulled from the entire county. It is better to just be honest.

 

[shrubberyvaluation]

If you tell the client it is out of your coverage area, and they only assign orders by county-level, prepare to get pulled from the entire county. It is better to just be honest.

I agree, I've never been pressured to go somewhere I didn't feel safe. And there are plenty of places I feel safe that some others don't.

 

[Fernando]

I normally wouldn't take assignments in "unsafe" areas like near the projects.
But if you do, you should go early in the morning when the troublemakers are asleep.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

I CANNOT SAY I AM OUT OF THE OFFICE OR THAT I HAVE A HEAVY WORKLOAD, AS THESE ARE NOT THE CASE.

Lie.... "I'm sorry but my granny died and the funeral is in Terra del Fuego and only available by boat." I mean I've had at least 6 grannies die over my 30 year career.

Yes, you can turn it down. And must if it scares you. No sense in putting yourself thru that stress.

 

[Charles West]

I used to work REO properties in Oakland and North Richmond in NorCal and it takes effort to stay safe. Show up early in the morning and get out before 11 am when the gangbangers get up.

 

[Deleted member 142783]

I learned this is college. Don’t give a reason. “I am sorry, unfortunately I can not complete this order, thank you so much for the work you send my way!”

That’s it