This is the first time I heard that point of view. I'm not a member of the Appraisal Institute however, from what I've read, she was making inroads to the residential side as opposed to just solely focusing on commercial.
She had residential appraisers excited and engaged with the direction she was taking. Obviously, so much so that a petition was put together for her to come back.
Which led to my question, would she even want to? Once you've been jilted, it's hard to step back into that role and make it the way it was.
Once again, from what I've read, there appears to be a dysfunctional atmosphere over there at AI. Which makes total sense. Appraising in itself is kind of floating out there like a rudderless ship at sea. No direction.
Lenders can see what is happening at the AI, which has been ongoing for years. They are aware of what has been done with appraisers for decades. They know changes are coming. They are trying to control things.
IMO, and I have stated this before on this forum more than once, she is a Trojan Horse for TAF and lenders. All she has to do is wave the flag that the appraisers are a poor lot, being discriminated against and treated poorly, which is the case, - and they will blindly flock to her, - which also is the case. Dumb, dumb and dumber.
So, understand that the problem is she is not the person to fix appraiser problems. We don't know how much she actually knows about appraisal, but I would guess she has at best a superficial understanding.. I would have thought that the past CEO, who holds an engineering degree in mining, would have been a possibility. But, no, he is old and worn and torn and spoiled to a pulp. Having a degree is not good enough.
Nowadays, you need to know non-parametric statistics, AI (including some understanding of the underlying math and basic algorithms), construction, technical photography, regulations and so on and so on. Quite a bit, along with practical experience.
Honestly, I don't think they can find an outstanding CEO, no matter how hard they try. All possible candidates are somewhat unimpressive and set in their ways. However, many would be better than Cindy, who offers nothing but a degree in
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She has taken a few undergraduate economics courses, but that is not necessarily a useful for managing the delivery of new protocols that ensure higher accuracy and objectivity.
