Appraisal review

[Greg Parker]

Just a curiosity. If you were doing a desk review of a peers work, and they made a stupid, non value changing mistake, would you give them a heads up?

My boss does these, and I get to work on them from time to time with him when it is slow enough, and I am not doing commercial stuff. Today, one came through that the appraiser attached the wrong license image to the report. Not his license, in other words, although he has the right info on the report itself in the signature section.

The rest of the report is very solid, and I feel like making an anonymous call to the guy to give him a heads up... is this violating confidentiality, or just being a decent person?

 

[CANative]

Why does that appraiser have an image of someone elses license? I wouldn't give him a heads up but I would sure give the client a heads up about this matter.

 

[Mike Boyd]

I would give him a call. It is my opinion that calling an appraiser whose report is the subject of a review does not violate ANY confidentiality laws.

 

[hastalavista]

If you were doing a desk review of a peers work, and they made a stupid, non value changing mistake, would you give them a heads up?.....

Today, one came through that the appraiser attached the wrong license image to the report. Not his license, in other words, although he has the right info on the report itself in the signature section.

The rest of the report is very solid, and I feel like making an anonymous call to the guy to give him a heads up... is this violating confidentiality, or just being a decent person?

As long as your client hasn't instructed you not to contact the appraiser, I think a "heads up" call is fine (and I make them myself); I'm not anonymous about it either. What I cannot do is get into details about the review (unless I am authorized to do so- which is the case with one client).

 

[CANative]

As a victim of identify theft, I guess I'm particularly sensitive to this issue.

Dagnabbit... I was sending a .pdf copy of a review I just completed as I was reading this thread. I went back and reread it and noticed a typo in the contract section.

I stated that the contraction section did not apply. Someone's going to get a good laugh at my expense.:blush:

 

[xm39hnu]

Greg, have you rowed a horse lately?

 

[Mike Kennedy]

Greg - the Client who ordered the Review already knows the wrong license is attached......verify that BOTH the correct and incorrect licenses noted in the report are valid, note it in the Review, and send it in.

 

[Greg Parker]

Why does that appraiser have an image of someone elses license? I wouldn't give him a heads up but I would sure give the client a heads up about this matter.

Sorry -- Should have put this caveat in... Name on the other license is a female, same last name... Wife or sister, probably.

 

[Greg Parker]

Greg - the Client who ordered the Review already knows the wrong license is attached......verify that BOTH the correct and incorrect licenses noted in the report are valid, note it in the Review, and send it in.

Boss did that already (I am not doing review). Thanks for all the other input guys... Although I am clueless about rowing a horse. I beat dead horses a lot with my wife, thats about it.