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Poll - How Likely Are You To Retire Before Implementation Of The Uad 3.6 Abomination?

HOW LIKELY ARE YOU TO RETIRE BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UAD 3.6 ABOMINATION?

  • DEFINITELY - I AM MAKING PLANS NOW

    Votes: 15 20.5%

  • VERY LIKELY - BUT I'LL WAIT TO SEE THE SOFTWARE FIRST

    Votes: 9 12.3%

  • LIKELY - BUT I'LL TEST IT OUT FIRST TO SEE IF ITS DOABLE

    Votes: 17 23.3%

  • DEFINITELY NOT RETIRING - LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW CLIENTS WHEN GEEZERS GO

    Votes: 32 43.8%
  • Total voters
    73
Alsie35

Alsie35

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Let's have a bit of fun ... I know that it is kind of early, but ... let's test the waters shall we, then re-run the poll again and see which way it is going in a few months when the new software is made available for trial ... :unsure:
 
As long as I can offset the costs and make a few bucks I'm ok. I actually like my job and would be bored to tears if I retired. Not worried about learning new software. I have survived going from abacus to AI
 
Dublin ohio said:
As long as I can offset the costs and make a few bucks I'm ok. I actually like my job and would be bored to tears if I retired. Not worried about learning new software. I have survived going from abacus to AI
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Fernando said:
If the fees go way up, old geezards be back.
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So ... "The Abomination Makes Strange Bedfellows", eh? :unsure:

Sounds like a good plotline for a sitcom ... now where have I seen that before ... :rof:
 
Lenders been cutting our profits especially with adding portal fees now.
I have to consider it when I request my appraisal fee.
Today the AMC hasn't responded to 2 bids in accepting my fee. Very rude.
Can't imagine when I request an even higher appraisal fee to do the new UAD abomination, AMC will accept my fee.
 
Hey, I turned 65 this year......am I to be lumped into your geezer category? Ay yai yai !! I still have all my hair !! (albeit thinning on the top)

The increased fee should be interesting to see what falls out. Will lenders and consumers tolerate a $1,200 - $2,000 fee for mortgage? I think not. So, what shakes out? More waivers, more hybrids? although I am not sure how one would do a hybrid with this new form. I haven't had time to dig into it. I love my work and i don't plan on retiring (although I will gradually slow down) until I am unable to work either mentally or physically. Although I may not retire, I may refrain from GSE work. I have been able to diversify my work enough that I could probably survive on private work.

Any other thoughts/opinions on the high appraisal fee fallout? Will lack of work vs over-saturation of appraisers needing food cause the fees drop because of bottom feeder appraisers that currently take work under $300? The bottom feeders aren't going away.
 
swandel1 said:
Hey, I turned 65 this year......am I to be lumped into your geezer category? Ay yai yai !! I still have all my hair !! (albeit thinning on the top)
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Yes, you're a geezer.
swandel1 said:
The increased fee should be interesting to see what falls out. Will lenders and consumers tolerate a $1,200 - $2,000 fee for mortgage? I think not. So, what shakes out? More waivers, more hybrids? although I am not sure how one would do a hybrid with this new form. I haven't had time to dig into it. I love my work and i don't plan on retiring (although I will gradually slow down) until I am unable to work either mentally or physically. Although I may not retire, I may refrain from GSE work. I have been able to diversify my work enough that I could probably survive on private work.

Any other thoughts/opinions on the high appraisal fee fallout? Will lack of work vs over-saturation of appraisers needing food cause the fees drop because of bottom feeder appraisers that currently take work under $300? The bottom feeders aren't going away.
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Bottom feeders can only do so much. Appraising is labor intensive.
I'm a top feeder, getting what the bottom feeders can't take.
 
As usual, a flawed poll. Where is "I am a survivor and can take anything they throw at me."

I am an appraiser, will be an appraiser after the 3.6. I have heard this story a few times before over 35 years. I was an appraiser before UAD and after UAD. How many are still that here cried and said they were leaving over the UAD? I was an appraiser before AIready and after AIready. How many said they would never do AIready, but still capitulated? I was an appraiser before Dodd Frank and after Dodd Frank. I remember when licensing thumbed its nose at AI designations. I was an appraiser before and after licensing. The profession is no better or worse because of licensing. The same skippies that operated then operate now. The one thing I remember over 35 years of appraising is the same motto they have been saying since the mid-1990's. Adapt or die.

And Fernando is a bottom...feeder.
 
swandel1 said:
Hey, I turned 65 this year......am I to be lumped into your geezer category? Ay yai yai !! I still have all my hair !! (albeit thinning on the top)

^SNIP^
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Tim Hicks (Texas) said:
As usual, a flawed poll. Where is "I am a survivor and can take anything they throw at me."
^SNIP^

And Fernando is a bottom...feeder.
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swandel1 - I'm just a year behind you ... look up "tongue-in-cheek" ... ;) :D

Tim - Sorry, frankly I had trouble phrasing that last question ... call me ... BIASED ... *Yikes*!!! :rof:
 
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