New Wa Distracted Driving Law

[Terrel L. Shields]

what is wrong with you people?

sez the wannbe non-appraiser.

 

[spittman]

Get one of those Go Pro or something similar and suction it to your car. Record at 60 Framer per second. Turn it on while driving by. Print screen the footage and put it in your report.

This is exactly what I've been doing for over a year now. 4K widescreen screenshot actually comes out clearer than the digital camera and there are several frames/angles to choose from. I can view and control the GoPro with a touch of a button from my dash mounted smartphone. It's no more distracting than flipping on the AC. Some GoPros are now voice-activated although I have not tried that. The reason I had started using it was because 10/10 times I was always confronted while taking comp pics and chased down by car which I think can be far more dangerous.

 

[Michigan CG]

The reason I had started using it was because 10/10 times I was always confronted while taking comp pics and chased down by car

Please..........the problem with your post is we all do the same job and no one with more than 10 brain cells believes you always get confronted.

If you don't like taking comp photos and inspecting the comps from the street then find a new job.

 

[spittman]

Please..........the problem with your post is we all do the same job and no one with more than 10 brain cells believes you always get confronted.

If you don't like taking comp photos and inspecting the comps from the street then find a new job.

Whooaa. What gave you the idea that I don't like taking pictures of comps? We have the same law here. I found a great solution to this problem and I need to find another job??? I drive 10-20 comps on every assignment even if I have to cross counties. Of course I don't get confronted every time I take pictures of comps. What I meant was WHEN I do get confronted, 10/10 times it's when I was out driving the comps ... never at the Subject Property, however, I did get confronted last week, but only because I parked across the street from my Subject on a driveby and the neighbor just happened to be right there. Other than that, taking pictures of the comps has been a lot more fun with the GoPro.

 

[jay trotta]

Some things need to be caught up on; there is a portion of the business where MLS photos are acceptable / there is a portion of the business where someone else can provide inspection / there is a portion of the business that accepts not leaving the Office and there is a portion of the business that requires boating.

With all the New tech gadgets (drones) why hasn't the "driving the comps" moved forward to the New Age ?? Is it really necessary any longer ??

Your Big Data - CU does not include "Photos", it is Big Data; it uses rocket science, not photo's;

There are programs being used, produced by outside entities that can provide; Photo's / measurements etc; and also Googlearth;

Distractions while driving will become a bigger issue in the years to come, are we at a point where agent photos should be recognized ? Thru Agents we do get to view interiors of comps., where years back we would have no clue what interiors looked like. As a preference, driving the comp. photos may provide current updated exteriors (date of sale should be a preferred method) I always include the MLS photo's when changes are noted. If I'm driving to the subject, why would I not drive the comp. area's anyway ?? No need for photo's. It would take the reviewer 10 or 15 minutes extra to view everything from their Desk Top; if a question exists, I request a Field Review to capture the falsification of the neighborhood data. An interesting business time, while moving fast Forward, we still have to move *** Backwards, and the "consistency" is where ??

Just sayin

 

[Ken Masla]

Some things need to be caught up on; there is a portion of the business where MLS photos are acceptable / there is a portion of the business where someone else can provide inspection / there is a portion of the business that accepts not leaving the Office and there is a portion of the business that requires boating.

With all the New tech gadgets (drones) why hasn't the "driving the comps" moved forward to the New Age ?? Is it really necessary any longer ??

Your Big Data - CU does not include "Photos", it is Big Data; it uses rocket science, not photo's;

There are programs being used, produced by outside entities that can provide; Photo's / measurements etc; and also Googlearth;

Distractions while driving will become a bigger issue in the years to come, are we at a point where agent photos should be recognized ? Thru Agents we do get to view interiors of comps., where years back we would have no clue what interiors looked like. As a preference, driving the comp. photos may provide current updated exteriors (date of sale should be a preferred method) I always include the MLS photo's when changes are noted. If I'm driving to the subject, why would I not drive the comp. area's anyway ?? No need for photo's. It would take the reviewer 10 or 15 minutes extra to view everything from their Desk Top; if a question exists, I request a Field Review to capture the falsification of the neighborhood data. An interesting business time, while moving fast Forward, we still have to move *** Backwards, and the "consistency" is where ??

Just sayin

As one poster put it,

you have to take the comp pictures because you certify as such....

edit: I agree with you. Taking the comp pictures should be the appraisers decisions. FFS you are trusting the appraiser with the value, so trust his judgement all the way.

 

[Riick]

^^^^^^^
Who would think of trusting
bunch of low lying scum like...




GSEs
Politicians
Etc. ....
Certainly not appraisers

 

[jay trotta]

As one poster put it,

you have to take the comp pictures because you certify as such....

edit: I agree with you. Taking the comp pictures should be the appraisers decisions. FFS you are trusting the appraiser with the value, so trust his judgement all the way.

Yup, but I did note the; time to catch up portion; actually FNMA is continually making changes and are in the process of implementing a lot of what I wrote about, so why not other aspects ?