- Joined
- May 2, 2002
- Professional Status
- Certified General Appraiser
- State
- Arkansas
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Well I charge $100 to go back out and it usually is just a matter of a few additional steps to comply with FHA requirements. For me it's a business decision to maximize the income potential. Most of the jobs I do are fairly close to my office so it's not a big deal to go back out and pick up the extra $100 rather than spend the initial extra time at the conventional inspection meeting FHA requirements JUST IN CASE it converts later on.
I've only done about two conventional to FHA conversions in the past couple of years, but that $100 is way, way too cheap for the time and work involved in my opinion. It has to be an all new report, with all new research, etc. (Plus, it's not like the lender has too much in the way of other choices than you.)
I take a pix of every room, click, click , click. I don't ask permission. I have to open every door. It's my license on the line and I want it documented what I saw.
Ever see a bedroom door padlocked? Teenager, gun collection, meth lab???? What do you do then?
Because a case number will likely be generated after the date of the first appraisal, and your new inspection to HUD standards needs to be after the case number is obtained.
Like you, I'm not doing my conventional inspections to HUD standards.