In 12 years I've never got this QC request.

[J Grant]

I’m not sure what else you would be referring to as close proximity other than highways, school, shopping, places of employment, etc. Those aren’t typically two doors away again you have the map and if your comps are all within a mile or so then they’re in the same exact approximate area. I don’t see why it’s that big of an issue. I’m certainly not going to say my house is 3.5 miles away from the closest target. That seems idiotic.

I agree, see my post above. We do it for compliance, IMO it makes things worse and not better.

 

[ZZGAMAZZ]

You have done it that way for 12 years, but now they want a distance within a mileage range rather than saying convenient or close by. I give ar rough estimate, under mile or two miles or half a mile ot 2 blocks away rather than walking distance away

J.G., possibly a silly question, but in a scenario like that do you use the word "approximately" or "estimated to be"??? I tend to struggle with that issue when reporting appraiser's GLA, public distances, geographic comp criteria, etc. Seems like an alternative would be to reveal the application of approximations & estimates somewhere like the Scope of Work but I'm unsure how/if peers address what easily could be criticizes as misleading info. Thanks.

 

[J Grant]

J.G., possibly a silly question, but in a scenario like that do you use the word "approximately" or "estimated to be"??? I tend to struggle with that issue when reporting appraiser's GLA, public distances, geographic comp criteria, etc. Seems like an alternative would be to reveal the application of approximations & estimates somewhere like the Scope of Work but I'm unsure how/if peers address what easily could be criticizes as misleading info. Thanks.

I am estimating distance to shops/services or X feature by miles or blocks now and no longer using those words -

 

[alebrewer]

all of these above would be kicked back for banned words- the desrptions are welldone but IMO more like Chamber of commerce stle then what an appraiser might write -

thats because its not what an appraiser wrote. it was an example of what chatgpt wrote.

 

[J Grant]

thats because its not what an appraiser wrote. it was an example of what chatgpt wrote.

I was aware of that when I wrote it - the point was that AI is far less amazing then folks seem to think - on our applications at least

 

[keaw1]

I understand. You were just looking to vent about some ridiculous revision request. You figured you would go on this site where theoretically there were people that would have a drop of understanding. Instead, the self proclaimed "perfect" appraisers that spend hours and hours on this site told you how you are wrong and they told you what they do because they are superior to you.I hope you learned your lesson. This is what they do,this is what they have done and this is what they will continue to do.

 

[Fernando]

'Canned' comments aren't inherently bad. The fail is that many appraiser don't bother to adjust the canned comments for each appraisal report.

Needs some comments that you put some thought.
LIke not just splurt out the same MAGA ideas.

 

[alebrewer]

I was aware of that when I wrote it - the point was that AI is far less amazing then folks seem to think - on our applications at least

I thought it was a pretty good starting point. Its not going to help to pretend something doesn't exist. Embrace it and figure out how to make it work for you instead of being afraid its going to replace you.

 

[J Grant]

I thought it was a pretty good starting point. Its not going to help to pretend something doesn't exist. Embrace it and figure out how to make it work for you instead of being afraid its going to replace you.

Its fine, its just that AI is not the amazing end all - it looks impressive at first, but ends up like pablum, a middle of the road view on everything, -

 

[DWiley]

thats because its not what an appraiser wrote. it was an example of what chatgpt wrote.

I conducted a similar experiment. I first asked ChatGpt to write a neighborhood description for my own neighborhood. Then I changed the prompt to ask for a neighborhood description that did not use subjective or potentially discriminatory words. It was interesting to compare the results.