ANOW

[cashcatz]

A portal such as ANOW ( if that is what it is) does not assign orders - it transmits orders if the client chooses an appraiser they approve on their list for the order, or in some cases, transmits a request for fee bids from a client.

I have never gotten an order from UWM, Idk if it is a scam or what -I applied once and said I was accepted and then never heard a thing back from them. None of the appraisers I know personally have ever gotten an order from there. If anyone actually gets orders and they actually pay well, good on you and hope they stay a client for you.

Traditionally, ANOWs primary focus had been as an order management and scheduling platform that the appraiser uses to manage their appraisal business (i.e., web version of a job log). This is different than platforms like Reggora, Appraisal Port, etc or AMC/Bank portals. Then they got into some kind of deal with UWM where UWM appraisers were forced to use ANOW in order to receive orders from UWM - and it was UWM passing all the fees along, so not ANOW. Hopefully that makes sense, I think a lot of folks conflate ANOW and UWM as the same thing (they are not). And it seems that UWM has left their ANOW deal and is using a different platform, putting ANOW in a tough spot (they seem to have shed staff according to linkedin and Voxtur, their parent company, stock has nose dived by almost 90%). And Voxtur is suing the new platform that UWM has moved to, which interestingly enough, was started by the original ANOW founders.

 

[J Grant]

Traditionally, ANOWs primary focus had been as an order management and scheduling platform that the appraiser uses to manage their appraisal business (i.e., web version of a job log). This is different than platforms like Reggora, Appraisal Port, etc or AMC/Bank portals. Then they got into some kind of deal with UWM where UWM appraisers were forced to use ANOW in order to receive orders from UWM - and it was UWM passing all the fees along, so not ANOW. Hopefully that makes sense, I think a lot of folks conflate ANOW and UWM as the same thing (they are not). And it seems that UWM has left their ANOW deal and is using a different platform, putting ANOW in a tough spot (they seem to have shed staff according to linkedin and Voxtur, their parent company, stock has nose dived by almost 90%). And Voxtur is suing the new platform that UWM has moved to, which interestingly enough, was started by the original ANOW founders.

I sort of get it - just sounds like another scam.
Reggora and Appraisals Port are legit.
I fail to see why appraisers, most of whom run a small-time home-based business, need a "scheduling platform"/portal to manage their appraisal business.

 

[cashcatz]

I fail to see why appraisers, most of whom run a small-time home-based business, need a "scheduling platform"/portal to manage their appraisal business.

It's about staying organized and having everything in one place, important dates synced into a calendar. Ability to easily pull up your historical workfiles and data. All your client and contact data in one place like a CRM and logically linked to their orders. Accounting and automated trends tracking, etc. Basically an "operating system" for your appraisal business. That's the business I'm in, which I suppose makes ANOW a direct competitor. But ultimately my biggest competitor is spreadsheets and folks home-concocted biz management systems like sticky notes, dry erase boards, etc:

- https://www.appraisalinbox.com/features
- https://www.appraisalinbox.com/blog/tags/feature

And we have a way to migrate from ANOW:

Import your data from Anow | Appraisal Inbox

Import your historical orders from Anow into Appraisal Inbox

www.appraisalinbox.com

 

[Dublin ohio]

It's about staying organized and having everything in one place, important dates synced into a calendar. Ability to easily pull up your historical workfiles and data. All your client and contact data in one place like a CRM and logically linked to their orders. Accounting and automated trends tracking, etc. Basically an "operating system" for your appraisal business. That's the business I'm in:

- https://www.appraisalinbox.com/features
- https://www.appraisalinbox.com/blog/tags/feature

And we have a way to migrate from anow:

Import your data from Anow | Appraisal Inbox

Import your historical orders from Anow into Appraisal Inbox

www.appraisalinbox.com

I can track and manage all of my orders including accounts receivable through my appraisal software. Same with my data and historical files, client contact etc. I do not need some overly sophisticated software to track 20+/- assignments per month

 

[J Grant]

It's about staying organized and having everything in one place, important dates synced into a calendar. Ability to easily pull up your historical workfiles and data. All your client and contact data in one place like a CRM and logically linked to their orders. Accounting and automated trends tracking, etc. Basically an "operating system" for your appraisal business. That's the business I'm in, which I suppose makes ANOW a direct competitor. But ultimately my biggest competitor is spreadsheets and folks home-concocted biz management systems like sticky notes, dry erase boards, etc:

- https://www.appraisalinbox.com/features
- https://www.appraisalinbox.com/blog/tags/feature

And we have a way to migrate from ANOW:

Import your data from Anow | Appraisal Inbox

Import your historical orders from Anow into Appraisal Inbox

www.appraisalinbox.com

No offense, but the low volume and limited clients that most lone appraisers have don't need such a service, or they can organize it for themselves on the computer. Alamode and software companies offer a version of it and my files and dates done are on my computer from the software.

What appraisers need are clients and income, and that drove the interest I see here in ANOW - far as I understand it, people expected work from it. a

But if there is a demand for the kind of service you describe in the appraisal, then go for it. If I were you, I would develop that kind of service for businesses or entrepreneurs that really need it - jmo.

 

[cashcatz]

No offense, but the low volume and limited clients that most lone appraisers have don't need such a service, or they can organize it for themselves on the computer. Alamode and software companies offer a version of it and my files and dates done are on my computer from the software.

What appraisers need are clients and income, and that drove the interest I see here in ANOW - far as I understand it, people expected work from it. a

But if there is a demand for the kind of service you describe in the appraisal, then go for it. If I were you, I would develop that kind of service for businesses or entrepreneurs that really need it - jmo.

Yeah, most of our customers are more than one person companies - teams who outgrow what's possible with a spreadsheet.

You are on point about more income which has always been a goal of mine. I've got some ideas around that with another project I'm working on.

 

[cashcatz]

I can track and manage all of my orders including accounts receivable through my appraisal software. Same with my data and historical files, client contact etc. I do not need some overly sophisticated software to track 20+/- assignments per month

What's your appraisal software? Sounds like you might be using Titan Office?

 

[glenn walker]

No offense, but the low volume and limited clients that most lone appraisers have don't need such a service, or they can organize it for themselves on the computer. Alamode and software companies offer a version of it and my files and dates done are on my computer from the software.

What appraisers need are clients and income, and that drove the interest I see here in ANOW - far as I understand it, people expected work from it. a

But if there is a demand for the kind of service you describe in the appraisal, then go for it. If I were you, I would develop that kind of service for businesses or entrepreneurs that really need it - jmo.

Your kinda out of the loop. There are still many larger operations that are kinda like Mini AMCs and manage 10 to 30 appraisers and they operate like a real business and not like a one or two person fee shop.

The individual fee appraiser is generally near retirement or death and the White Board and Sticky Notes can manage the one or two orders a week they manage. That's fine for a business that's winding down but not to grow one

 

[cashcatz]

Your kinda out of the loop. There are still many larger operations that are kinda like Mini AMCs and manage 10 to 30 appraisers and they operate like a real business and not like a one or two person fee shop.

The individual fee appraiser is generally near retirement or death and the White Board and Sticky Notes can manage the one or two orders a week they manage. That's fine for a business that's winding down but not to grow one

This seems to be where things are going. I've noticed that when reaching around 4 or 5 people (owner/primary appraiser, order manager/phone handler, researcher, trainee) is when companies get in touch with me as their existing process sort of falls apart and they start getting overwhelmed. This is not appraisal industry specific, either - similar situation with most small service type business who are growing - they also have niche software for their situation (like Jobber for contractors).

 

[Dublin ohio]

What's your appraisal software? Sounds like you might be using Titan Office?

It's an online feature of Clickforms called office manager. Pretty basic but does everything a one or two person operation needs