How many miles

[Deleted member 142783]

How many miles do you drive per year?

# of appraisals per year. Rough % breakdown of urban, suburban, rural.

Just curious

 

[Elliott]

When I was doing two counties, typically drove 25,000 miles per year in a suburban/rural location. Went though a lot of Grand Cherokees. Now I go for the 36,000 mile / 3-year leases.

 

[The Warrior Monk]

It various dramatically for me, depending on the mix of assignment types for the year. I'm been as low as 15K miles per year, and up to 36K miles per year.

 

[ZZGAMAZZ]

During my final year as a Trainee, I booked about 75K miles!!!!!!!! In retrospect, I don't see how that was possible, but the desire to earn my full license was overwhelming.

 

[Tom4value]

I vary between a low of 15k to as high as 25k, depending on volume. My wife does my scheduling and between my feedback and a town map she keeps by the laptop, she has gotten very good about scheduling multiple appointments that keep driving to a minimum.

 

[Overimprovement]

You're not one of the new 87,000 IRS agents are you?

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

How many miles do you drive per year?

Semi-retired now. But say 5 years ago, as a rural appraiser, even then I only do about 100-130 per year. Drive about 18,000 to maybe 24,000 at peak. I often have 50 miles one way to view the property. Maybe 20 % in an urban or suburban situation. 50% as rural residential. 30% as land or ranches. I am not including my mineral valuation since those rarely require a site visit and most all data is on line or over the phone.

 

[Mark K]

You're not one of the new 87,000 IRS agents are you?

No. Just gathering data to sell to the IRS for their database.

Started out driving 40-50K miles per year, basically took any appraisal that came over the fax. Last 5-10 years its been about 10K miles and making the same $$.

 

[Tim Hicks (Texas)]

You're not one of the new 87,000 IRS agents are you?

I average 700-800 miles a week on a solely work dedicated vehicle. I now have documentation.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

I now have documentation.

I've kept a Dome mileage book for 30+ years, even before I was an appraiser