Surf Cat
Elite Member
- Joined
- Apr 21, 2003
- Professional Status
- Certified Residential Appraiser
- State
- California
This is the way I was taught when I worked at a fee shop (remember those?) The first 3 comps are your "primary" comps on which you're hanging your hat on. If I wasn't bracketed on GLA on the first 3 comps, I would move a dated sale or a sale from an alternative, competitive neighborhood up to the #3 spot to cover it. Same goes for # of stories, identical bed-bath count, site area, etc. If the comp I move up is a strong indicator of my opinion of value, It's up front.The grid is to help illustrate to the reader how you came to your opinion of market value. Its preference. If the reader gets past just looking at the appraised value this will typically be the first place they look comps 1-3 so I typically put the best comps in those spots.