Has Trump's War slowed down your business?

[Alsie35]

you really think people are that shallow?

anyway, the VA was slower than usual this past fall/winter and was the slowest client now they're on fire. My best new construction clients were doing great in the fall/winter now they are the slow ones. I went 2.5 months without 1 order from my fav lender now they are coming again. It ebbs and flows diversify if you can private work is out there if you put the time in your GBP which is free.

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Holy **** if that's your VA quay its gonna be a good month for Digger!!!

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

and we turned DOWN at least 7 other

run an appraiser puppy mill

He does imply more than one person is working there. So? Is that immoral? Or, just MAGA envy upon your part? I never recall the time I've been "dead slow"... Things slowed down; I went knocking on doors. Shoe leather sales. That meant visiting CPAs, and even advertising in trade magazines for estate attorneys and trust managers at banks (Yes Virginia, there is often a trust department in a bank that is separate from the loan officers) and I don't know an appraiser really willing to do calls nor have they ever built up connections that give referrals. Sales matter and if you cannot sell, then you have a problem that will plague you for your whole career.

When in the oil business, I had to make calls. I regularly went to Tulsa, Okla City, Shreveport, and even Denver and Dallas. These were not cost-free but generally paid off within a year. Got a job once with a company out of Dallas who was just trying to find someone for a 3 well project in Arkansas. I got all 3 jobs. $20 k plus fee. I even recommended they try to complete a zone that they got gas from in a shale... 20 years later that same area it turned out was the Fayetteville Shale and became the Fayetteville Play. But the company didn't have the technology to exploit that gas then...just is life. When things slowed, I even offered to work for my competitors. I survived a slowdown in the mid80s in the oil business that are 3x worse than 2008. But I nailed a 90-day job working with a Houston company that kept me busy all summer while my own equipment sit idle back home on the farm.

If people want more work they should have been making friends with the bankers in their own area, then bankers further away and not depending upon AMCs to find them.

 

[J Grant]

He does imply more than one person is working there. So? Is that immoral? Or, just MAGA envy upon your part? I never recall the time I've been "dead slow"... Things slowed down; I went knocking on doors. Shoe leather sales. That meant visiting CPAs, and even advertising in trade magazines for estate attorneys and trust managers at banks (Yes Virginia, there is often a trust department in a bank that is separate from the loan officers) and I don't know an appraiser really willing to do calls nor have they ever built up connections that give referrals. Sales matter and if you cannot sell, then you have a problem that will plague you for your whole career.

When in the oil business, I had to make calls. I regularly went to Tulsa, Okla City, Shreveport, and even Denver and Dallas. These were not cost-free but generally paid off within a year. Got a job once with a company out of Dallas who was just trying to find someone for a 3 well project in Arkansas. I got all 3 jobs. $20 k plus fee. I even recommended they try to complete a zone that they got gas from in a shale... 20 years later that same area it turned out was the Fayetteville Shale and became the Fayetteville Play. But the company didn't have the technology to exploit that gas then...just is life. When things slowed, I even offered to work for my competitors. I survived a slowdown in the mid80s in the oil business that are 3x worse than 2008. But I nailed a 90-day job working with a Houston company that kept me busy all summer while my own equipment sit idle back home on the farm.

If people want more work they should have been making friends with the bankers in their own area, then bankers further away and not depending upon AMCs to find them.

He is free to come on here and explain his business model.
I do not work for AMC's with the section of one owned by a lender for complex orders.
Does he do AMC work? IDK.

Of course, you turn every post you make into a humble brag for yourself, filled with examples that do not apply to res licenses.

 

[Zoe]

He is free to come on here and explain his business model.
I do not work for AMC's with the section of one owned by a lender for complex orders.
Does he do AMC work? IDK.

Of course, you turn every post you make into a humble brag for yourself, filled with examples that do not apply to res licenses.

Terrel has some of cheapest gas prices in America in Arkansas. LOL

Cheaper than Tennessee.

Those people in Arkansas are rich. Bill Clinton made them rich.

 

[Alsie35]

He does imply more than one person is working there. So? Is that immoral? Or, just MAGA envy upon your part? I never recall the time I've been "dead slow"... Things slowed down; I went knocking on doors. Shoe leather sales. That meant visiting CPAs, and even advertising in trade magazines for estate attorneys and trust managers at banks (Yes Virginia, there is often a trust department in a bank that is separate from the loan officers) and I don't know an appraiser really willing to do calls nor have they ever built up connections that give referrals. Sales matter and if you cannot sell, then you have a problem that will plague you for your whole career.

When in the oil business, I had to make calls. I regularly went to Tulsa, Okla City, Shreveport, and even Denver and Dallas. These were not cost-free but generally paid off within a year. Got a job once with a company out of Dallas who was just trying to find someone for a 3 well project in Arkansas. I got all 3 jobs. $20 k plus fee. I even recommended they try to complete a zone that they got gas from in a shale... 20 years later that same area it turned out was the Fayetteville Shale and became the Fayetteville Play. But the company didn't have the technology to exploit that gas then...just is life. When things slowed, I even offered to work for my competitors. I survived a slowdown in the mid80s in the oil business that are 3x worse than 2008. But I nailed a 90-day job working with a Houston company that kept me busy all summer while my own equipment sit idle back home on the farm.

If people want more work they should have been making friends with the bankers in their own area, then bankers further away and not depending upon AMCs to find them.

This. The American work ethic.

As I said earlier, nothing on the AF has surprised me like people openly boasting of their own incompetence and inadequacy.

And it's not like I haven't tried to help them by by telling them how we have done it. Family members working together, including a driver so that the appraiser can punch out reports in the passenger seat in between appointments.

Obviously, the right market area, stamina and willingness to work, well developed and diverse client list, as well as the right spreadsheet software are key as well.

And the *unspoken* "IQ thingy" - but you can't teach that.

Edit: all of the above goes out the window once the UAD 3.6 Abomination is implemented, however. Not even the Good Lord can help you then - but maybe Chase can ...

 

[Zoe]

This. The American work ethic.

As I said earlier, nothing on the AF has surprised me like people openly boasting of their own incompetence and inadequacy.

And it's not like I haven't tried to help them by by telling them how we have done it. Family members working together, including a driver so that the appraiser can punch out reports in the driver's seat in between appointments.

Obviously, the right market area, stamina and willingness to work, well developed and diverse client list, as well as the right spreadsheet software are key as well.

And the *unspoken of* "IQ thing" - but you can't teach that.

Terrel specializes though. You are speaking a foreign language to Terrel. He loves Bill Clinton though. Wager? LOL

Don't ask him if he voted for Clinton. He would plead the 5th. You have the right to remain silent Sir.

 

[J Grant]

This. The American work ethic.

As I said earlier, nothing on the AF has surprised me like people openly boasting of their own incompetence and inadequacy.

And it's not like I haven't tried to help them by by telling them how we have done it. Family members working together, including a driver so that the appraiser can punch out reports in the driver's seat in between appointments.

Obviously, the right market area, stamina and willingness to work, well developed and diverse client list, as well as the right spreadsheet software are key as well.

And the *unspoken of* "IQ thing" - but you can't teach that.

More blather and scorn of others to avoid explaining your business model.

A driver so the appraiser can "punch out reports " in the car sounds like fast food style -

Every appraiser can develop a business model that suits them, including how much volume to take on , how much geographic area to cover, or which clients to pursue. Puppy mill crank 'em out style is a particular brand- it does take organization, though, and I'm sure hard work and stamina as well. I will leave it at that

 

[IlliniApp]

Funny how only the hardcore cult MAGA posters claim to be on fire with a slew of appraisal orders.

If the headline of the thread was Biden's war, they'd claim to be dead slow.

 

[Alsie35]

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It's the *unmentionable* "IQ Thingy" rearing its ugly head yet again ...