Salty
Senior Member
- Joined
- Mar 12, 2010
- Professional Status
- Certified Residential Appraiser
- State
- Pennsylvania
As a residential appraiser and designated member of the Appraisal Institute I feel ignored and not represented whatsoever by the AI. Does anyone else feel this way? Are my feelings unfounded? What are they doing with my dues to help me in a real way? A way that impacts my business for real?
Over the years, I have read pages of updates and things people have posted when one questions the residential membership and some of it is Washington mumbo jumbo blah, blah, blah that seems to have no real impact on an independent residential appraiser on the street each day and other stuff seems geared toward education, which one can still take being non-designated anyway.
The reality is that 90% of my work in Philly Metro is GSE. There is no real way around that and I think for most independent residential appraisers this is also the case. The volume is non-GSE work just is not there. So what is the AI doing to help us? Am I missing something? It is possible AI is in fact advocating and doing a lot for us independent residential appraisers and I am just not aware of it because I am engrossed on my two businesses I run each day, raising 3 kids, etc..
Am I the only designated member that feels this way? Is this an unfounded perception?
I am having a hard time getting past my perception that the AI did nothing to stem the stranglehold of the AMC business model on residential lending that rewards fast and cheap over experience and diligence. Not that they could stop it, but at least do or say something. And not just a one-time blurb in some publication no one reads anyway – I’m talking about a real initiative. Is this just my perception and not reality? Is the AI advocating for us residential people in terms of any of the other issues we are facing right now - racism - push for more appraisers to enter an already saturated profession, watering down of requirements, ...
I am still wrestling with the idea of resigning my designation after 10+/- years before paying my dues this year. It seems to just be resume filler at this point. I would probably drop down to be an affiliate member or something instead where I wouldn’t have to part with just over a grand each year. I am at the point in my life where many major expenses are in my near future and really have to account for each dollar spent and I am not sure I see the ROI here.
I spent so much time and effort getting the designation that I really want to be sure I am correctly informed before making a decision. I do not want to have any regrets. Maybe AI is in fact doing a lot for me behind the scenes and I just do not see it – I really don’t know. Everything I read from AI is either over my head as I am not political at all or simply has nothing to do with my residential practice.
Over the years, I have read pages of updates and things people have posted when one questions the residential membership and some of it is Washington mumbo jumbo blah, blah, blah that seems to have no real impact on an independent residential appraiser on the street each day and other stuff seems geared toward education, which one can still take being non-designated anyway.
The reality is that 90% of my work in Philly Metro is GSE. There is no real way around that and I think for most independent residential appraisers this is also the case. The volume is non-GSE work just is not there. So what is the AI doing to help us? Am I missing something? It is possible AI is in fact advocating and doing a lot for us independent residential appraisers and I am just not aware of it because I am engrossed on my two businesses I run each day, raising 3 kids, etc..
Am I the only designated member that feels this way? Is this an unfounded perception?
I am having a hard time getting past my perception that the AI did nothing to stem the stranglehold of the AMC business model on residential lending that rewards fast and cheap over experience and diligence. Not that they could stop it, but at least do or say something. And not just a one-time blurb in some publication no one reads anyway – I’m talking about a real initiative. Is this just my perception and not reality? Is the AI advocating for us residential people in terms of any of the other issues we are facing right now - racism - push for more appraisers to enter an already saturated profession, watering down of requirements, ...
I am still wrestling with the idea of resigning my designation after 10+/- years before paying my dues this year. It seems to just be resume filler at this point. I would probably drop down to be an affiliate member or something instead where I wouldn’t have to part with just over a grand each year. I am at the point in my life where many major expenses are in my near future and really have to account for each dollar spent and I am not sure I see the ROI here.
I spent so much time and effort getting the designation that I really want to be sure I am correctly informed before making a decision. I do not want to have any regrets. Maybe AI is in fact doing a lot for me behind the scenes and I just do not see it – I really don’t know. Everything I read from AI is either over my head as I am not political at all or simply has nothing to do with my residential practice.