Am I suppose to Solicit, as an Appraiser Trainee

[Terrel L. Shields]

A person who does a credible job at a reasonable price within the time he or she has agreed to do it, will never have to worry much about undercutters, overnighters, or flybynighters.

I am not afraid of any of my competition including my old subcontractors. My niche is secure.

tewwy

 

[Syd Warburton]

Jennifer,

You simply chose the wrong the company to train with. The people I hired at the time I offered you employment have all done 40-50 appraisals. If you are still interested in coming to WSH call me or email me at syd@wshllc.com. We moved into a larger office in the same building and I am still looking for a couple of more people to round out our shop and I feel now as I did then, that your qualifications will make it a natural transition from real estate agent to appraiser.

Syd Warburton

 

[Travis McGee]

I've been working with my mentor( for free) to learn the appraisal profession. When I get to the right comfort level I'll leave my current job and go to appraising. My mentor is taking the time to train me, and doing a great job, judging from weeks of reading posts here. I give his business card to potential clients when the opportunity presents itself. Obviously I do it for both our benefits. When I start earning $'s hopefully the volume will increase and we're both happy. No way could I build a client list with no real experience.

Jim

 

[DeeDee Armstrong]

Part of the delima may be in whether you are termed an "Employee" by the supervisor, or if you are a contractor, doing "work for hire". If you are an employee, the supervisor would need to pay your unemployment and other taxes.

However, if you are a "contractor", technically, from an IRS standpoint, they cannot provide you with ANY software, hardware, etc. If they do, then you are considered an Employee - costing the supervisor/ company money.

If you are a contractor, then you would need to develop your own client base as well. As a contractor, your supervisor is not required to provide you with a certain amount of work. If you bring in your own, great. If you are waiting for work from the supervisor, again, you are getting into the area of being an employee.

Do you have a written agreement with the supervisor?

We recently had both our corporate attorney and accountant go over this with us. We determined that from the company's better interests, we needed to term people "Contractors" and have agreements with them that was clear about their responsibilities and ours.

 

[Karl]

Jennifer Some thoughts Find somewhere else to work & or when U get an assignment keep the client informed, return calls ASAP, Any mistakes admit them, be honest, after a while you'll have clients seeking, or requesting U.