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And that has been the problem over the prior few years - no seat at the very table that is deciding our future. We sit around and moan about it, argue amongst ourselves but do nothing to improve the situation. We have some very legitimate concerns. I for one feel as if I do not have a voice and that few people even understand what it is we do. So much talk about "hitting the number" - come on now it seems to me that there has got to be very few that try that angle anymore. Home owners totally not understanding that the field work is only a very small part of the time we put into an appraisal. Loan officers, real estate agents and builders insinuating that appraisers are just something that needs to be done, but that we are not professionals. It is IMHO that after the "bust" which was caused by maybe 5% of people involved in fraud - those people have gone onto other scams making money. They didn't continue in the same business. No they have moved on and left the rest of us to hold the bag and defend ourselves from everyone. Back ground checks, paying to receive an order, taking lower fees, absorbing the cost of doing business, held back from "talking" to anyone involved in a transaction. All that on top of carrying a ladder around to peep into a scuttle attic. I mean really!
70,000 appraisers have made the choice not to pony up $300 to join a professional organization where the benefits of membership pay for themselves yet every few months we have this urge for a union.
