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[Tom D]

I understand your frustrations - truly I do. But the one thing I’ve known since my first interaction with appraiser peers in 1986, remains the very same today. Appraisers are the most negative minded professionals who exist, and not without cause. It’s difficult to marry a profession that sees all the bad, and analyzes all the negatives without that becoming ingrained into our DNA and personality. No professional is beat up more than the appraiser and that takes its toll.

I made a decision a long time ago, that I will never allow that to overwhelm me. Business is still very good for us. It isn’t the same as the easy stuff we used to see, which is fact, but there’s still so much need for our services beyond just easy money assignments. I believe there will always be a need for an honest appraiser, regardless of the ever changing appetites of lenders, AMCs, GSEs, or any out there who wish to control this business.

You are happy loopey, good for yous. I am not frustrated at all. If you can't tell the major differences from when you started 1986 to todays' quagmire, then keep those happy glasses on. I run a business, love my business. But when i started i made a lot of money, and no headaches. No certification flooding had a SRA, no AMC, no hvcc, no bracketing, no listings, no internet that made everyone an expert, no new light home inspection to now be uad3. My 8 page report just as good as my now 30 page report. Explaining all this additional work now without the correct compensation, then that is a factual comment, not a complaint. I really don't care what's going on, past retirement, and have moved on to a prior life, rehabing.

And i learned from my mother in law. After a certain age complaining is a right you have. Be happy bro.

 

[Dale Floyd]

Personally, I think the above stinvoe

You are the exception to the rule, then. Or are the 90% of appraisers reporting a decline in income and options all losers? I hardly think so; they are reporting the reality out there.

There will always be a need for appraisers; however, the income and options on the res license end are limited in many cases. a problem for most. I personally am doing fine but am reporting my overall take on the business.

If your number is truly accurate, then I’m certainly happy to be in the 10%.

I’ve never called anybody a loser. (Well, I may have said that to my two sisters after I prevailed in a game of rummy as a kid.)

 

[Dale Floyd]

You are happy loopey, good for yous. I am not frustrated at all. If you can't tell the major differences from when you started 1986 to todays' quagmire, then keep those happy glasses on. I run a business, love my business. But when i started i made a lot of money, and no headaches. No certification flooding had a SRA, no AMC, no hvcc, no bracketing, no listings, no internet that made everyone an expert, no new light home inspection to now be uad3. My 8 page report just as good as my now 30 page report. Explaining all this additional work now without the correct compensation, then that is a factual comment, not a complaint. I really don't care what's going on, past retirement, and have moved on to a prior life, rehabing.

And i learned from my mother in law. After a certain age complaining is a right you have. Be happy bro.

“Yous” certainly have the right to complain. Everybody does, but appraisers tend to be really good at it. And as I said, I think there’s a causation tied between that perspective and the nature of the profession. Didn’t intend to offend you “bro”.

 

[Surf Cat]

Similar solutions already exist in other industries requiring service appointments (plumbing, electric, etc).

Hey cpursley,

Do you know if HouseCanary still offers forms and services for appraisers?

I remember looking into it quite a few years back and thought to myself as a Total user, it was overkill and a lot of fluff. But now, with the industry going more "data centric", it seems that the appraisers "opinion" is taking a back seat to the data.

I went to HouseCanaries website in the last few days but didn't see any appraiser services. They seem to be more about BPO's and desktop evaluations. I'm wondering if they're still in the appraiser game. They appear to be very hard to get a hold of.

Walker had me pegged where I'm already at retirement age. I'm not going to be a road warrior like in the past and do three inspections a day.... the pay's not there for that anyways. I just wanted a service where I could do the appraisal pretty much in its entirety on an iPad, chalked full of charts and graphs.... that's what the powers that be seem to want.

HouseCanary seemed ahead of their time imo. Check out this old vid...

 

[cashcatz]

Hey cpursley,

Do you know if HouseCanary still offers forms and services for appraisers?

I remember looking into it quite a few years back and thought to myself as a Total user, it was overkill and a lot of fluff. But now, with the industry going more "data centric", it seems that the appraisers "opinion" is taking a back seat to the data.

I went to HouseCanaries website in the last few days but didn't see any appraiser services. They seem to be more about BPO's and desktop evaluations. I'm wondering if they're still in the appraiser game. They appear to be very hard to get a hold of.

Walker had me pegged where I'm already at retirement age. I'm not going to be a road warrior like in the past and do three inspections a day.... the pay's not there for that anyways. I just wanted a service where I could do the appraisal pretty much in its entirety on an iPad, chalked full of charts and graphs.... that's what the powers that be seem to want.

HouseCanary seemed ahead of their time imo. Check out this old vid...

I'm not really sure what they are up to these days, but this one and similar always felt like data mining operations with the goal of actually replacing appraisers instead of assisting them. Maybe (and hopefully) I'm wrong.

 

[Surf Cat]

I'm not really sure what they are up to these days, but this one and similar always felt like data mining operations with the goal of actually replacing appraisers instead of assisting them. Maybe (and hopefully) I'm wrong.

That's what the upcoming uad 3.6 seems to be about. The reduction of personal property analyses to data points. Seemingly undermining the judgment aspect that has historically been the crux of the matter of the appraisal process.

 

[cashcatz]

Update - we actually just revamped and built a new import tool to ease the pain from moving over from Anow (it migrates all of your historical orders, clients, etc over in just a couple minutes). Also, the site name is quite cheeky and mentions the current issues Voxtur/Anow are unfortunately going through.

If you'd like to try it out, you can use it for free for the first 30 days. Or if you are on an Anow annual plan, we will "buy out" your current contract (let you use Appraisal Inbox for free for that time period):

https://www.a-then.com

 

[bluechip]

That's what the upcoming uad 3.6 seems to be about. The reduction of personal property analyses to data points. Seemingly undermining the judgment aspect that has historically been the crux of the matter of the appraisal process.

True. Hence the reason I wrote a book about the elimination of the appraiser. Mein Comp: The Last appraiser - Available now on Amazon. Paperback, Kindle and Kindle Unlimited per a recommendation from an associate on here. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPXQ5SSR?tag=realestatappraat

 

[cashcatz]

PSA: You may have noticed that Anow’s marketing site was down for several hours today (October 14, 2025), likely a side effect of their parent company Voxtur's recent issues. If you've been thinking about moving to Appraisal Inbox, now might be the time while you can still log in and export your data. We've put together a tool to help you migrate over your historical data into Appraisal Inbox in just a couple minutes (zero risk, free for first month): http://a-then.com

 

[shrubberyvaluation]

Don't know how some of these actually get people to do them unless they are churn and burners. One sent over today from a different lender, $325 1073 FHA, next day turntime, oh and with a fee to upload. Can get double that without the super rush from others.