New! Polls Section In Improving The Profession!

[Larry Cole]

Pam, I voted.

I had an interesting conversation late week with an old banker client.

He was purchasing a property and requested that I appraise it. Funny, when the lenders are buying for their account, they call me.

We were at the property and discussing the market in general. I mentioned that I had not recieved any business from them since one of the bankers manager's friends had been certified.

The banker acknowledged that fact and said that it was going to change. During the bank's last examination, the Revenuors had told the bank to start using a rolational system in ordering appraisers. No more one bank, one appraiser. The bank was told that the Revenuors were beginning to see signs of the late 1980s and early 1990s. They want to try to get ahead of the problem this time.

Have no idea about what is happening anywhere else or if it will happen. My friend's bank seems to be to only one that plans to change their ways.

Larry Cole
Killeen, Texas

 

[Gary in northern MN]

How about one for "Of your appraisals that did not hit the desired number, what percentage of them have clients refused to pay for?"

 

[Mike Simpson]

"...it was talked about in the appraisal too-dumb bunnies!"

No problemo! They don't read the reports--too time consuming :lol:

 

[Farm Gal]

Originally posted by Steve Gilmore@Jan 16 2004, 10:01 AM
Bill:

Wayne does not want any organized mailings connected with his sites.

I have already suggested this.

They considered it spamming.

I suspect however if one was to draw poltical or press attention To the forums by CITING the results of these highly unscientific polls... ther would be no objection

think on it.

 

[Steve Gilmore]

Lee Ann:

That's what I thought.

I suggested that on a certain day, (picked by someone) every forumite e-mail the petition ( once per forumite) with possiblly the same note attached (?, How after 20 years is this still a plague on the appraisal industry and you have never covered it , not once?) to a couple of predetermined major media outlets, Dateline, 60 Minutes, etc, etc.

However, they went nuts and considered it spam and Randy Beigh and Don Clark and others wanted nothing to do with any sort of mass mailing or spamming.

Then Don wanted nothing but people WHO GETS IT to come up with some real ideas.

 

[Farm Gal]

Steve,

What I am suggesting is that we COULD use this forum as PART of an information tree, to contact other appraisers in our area and to INDIVIDUALLY create letters.

I quite agree that mass-emailing of web-links to this site is inappropriate.

If YOU contacted five other local appraisers, and they each contacted 3 and of those three each contacted ONE other person... YOU could have set off a chain reaction which notified 30 people ~~~ if only half of those othered to sit down and write an individual letter to their State Representatives, State Legislators, Congressmen&women... then each person in a position to DO something would be getting multiple letters on the same subject. This sort of input catches their attention.

Now depending on your state population and numebr of licensees... the could be significant indeed!!

Indicateing that one participates in a national and is aware that the cited problems are national and increasing is quite appropriate. Indicating that your personal level of concern is growing is ALSO appropriate.

Griping about a conspiracy of silence (which I percive as enniu and apathy) is not. If you cannot be part of the solution, then it is possible that you are part of the problem.

I DO write letters. One voice in the wilderness but if we are many, then what?!?!? think they will hear?

Thus my position!

 

[Steve Gilmore]

Do y'all ever get tired of contradicting yourselves from one post to the next?

"if one was to draw polictical or press attention....there would be no objection"

Talk about being part of the problem.

I quess you all have started contacting your fellow appraisers and are all writing to your legislatures now, who, by the way, all know this problem exist, since they were all made aware of it over 20 years ago.

 

[John Sales]

Ya i fired a company for that practice if I could'nt make it they wanted me to forgo my fee so they could send it to the next.. &)()&)(&)&###@Q@ is what i call em now.

 

[3 Putt]

I would like to add a suggestion for a poll. I am curious as to what percentage of appraisers include a copy of their resume with each report. If they do, does it make any difference. The reasoning behind this question is that from my perspective, I get fewer nit picky requests, when my resume is included. My resume is quite long after 20 years. It contains quite a few courses, organization membership, teaching, etc. Overall it looks decent.

I ran a little test with my own clients and found when included, I got less callbacks. The same client, with no resume included, would somteimes ask for tiny little things that didn't make any difference.

What does everyone else think?

 

[John Sales]

Its THE ROTTON THIEVING APPRAISER "THAT CAN" THAT MAKE OUR BUSINESS SO HARD IF THE SCUM APPRISERS QUIT PLAYING "THE GAME" AS I"VE HEARD LENDERS CALL IT WE WOULD BE BETTER OFF.

I don't play the game therefore my business is slow good thing I don't have a BIG lifestyle to pay for because I'm STILL NOT PLAYING THE GAME. STUPID REALTORS/BROKERS GAMES ARE FOR KIDS. :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink:



I feel better now thankyou for letting me vent....sigh :asleep: