Newbies Please Read This

[TC]

Mr. Noland,

A lot of people come and go on this forum. The ones that leave usually do so after hearing information that they didn't agree with. I recall a woman months ago who didn't think it was necessary to mention a prior active listing on a property she was appraising. It was obvious she was appraising it for more than the listing price and thought she could get around that "little" fact. I know she wasn't happy with my response along with others. She has not been back since then.

You can acquire a lot of good advice from this site, and it don't cost nuthin! Those who gave you advice concerning your situation were right on the money. As has been said before, "Avoid the Dark Side of Appraising!".

TC

 

[Tim Hicks (Texas)]

Originally posted by Greg Boyd@Dec 13 2003, 09:36 AM
"Jeremy" is obviously a poser. Not even the rawest of newbies would espouse such silly stuff.

Tim:

I took the time in 1991, has it changed since then?

6/93?

I was wondering when somebody was going to notice! I am full of trick questions these days.

 

[DB]

I caught the 6/93 thing ... I don't think he did though .... :lol:

 

[Tim Hicks (Texas)]

Jeremy,

I feel partly responsible because I baited you into the issue that got you torched. Hopefully, you will forgive me and realize there was a lesson to be learned. Please don't be afraid to ask other questions and accept the torching. Sometimes the torching or the embarrassment of the torching helps one to steer clear of those mistakes in the future. This forum should adopt the moniker, "He who lives in a glass house should not cast the first stone."

It feels good to hear my old signature "you must resist the dark side of the force, not stronger, only quicker" getting rekindled here on the forum. It is a corny line from a silly sc-fi movie, but it certainly applies.

 

[CANative]

Trivia always brings out my penchant for being pedantic.

 

[CANative]

He who lives in a glass house should not cast the first stone

Once upon a time there was a polynesian tribal chief who sat on a magnificent throne in a grass hut. His subjects loved him and each year would bring him a larger and more magnificent throne as homage. Trouble was, the chief couldn't bear to throw away all of the pevious years thrones. Eventually, his hut was so full of thrones that he could no longer live there.

The moral to this story is: People who live in grass houses shouldn't stow thrones.

 

[DB]

Greg .. I must say I am really impressed!

All that money to Sylvan Learning Center is really paying off! :lol:

You really have a penchant for humor when you have a half a day to soak up caffeine! B) :lol: :lol:

 

[Jeremy Noland]

Just got back from another luncheon today with real estate agents and appraisers. Actually met a gentleman on my state's appraisal board who snickered when I brought up the fact that I came to appraiserforum.com for advice. His words went something like, "Those people have time to work 50-70 hours a week and still sit and write on numerous topics for their own kicks. Going to the internet for advice is like cold calling someone for legal advice. Only go to people you know." I guess he is right since I have no idea if you guys/gals are real or 'posers'. I have time to ask questions since I only work about 30 hours a week. I guess anyone can come here, sign up, and log in.

Also asked him about this topic. He stated something like this and I am not quoting but am paraphrasing, "As long as you have a business contract stating that you will not charge more for deals that close, you can charge someone $1,000, $500, $350, $100, $50, or $0, you are in business and can do anything with your business within the law." I then asked him if this was illegal according to the appraisal board. He said something to the effect, "As long as you protect yourself and do this without regard to predetermined value, you can charge whatever you want for appraisals." I then asked about charging $0 for appraisals that do not close and this as a business practice. He said that again as long as predetermined values do not come into play, I can charge whatever I want. As long as I can show that predetermined value did not come into the equation anyone who did this would be fine and would not get into trouble.

Again I will take the safe approach and call my state's appraisal board phone # to get clarification, but from what this man said it sounds like you all may have misinterpretated the what I was saying. Again, I am not doing this now nor do I intend to do this, but I wanted to clarify what 'known' experts said. Check with your own board about this as I will continue to do so as I think this is a unique way to do business. Remember tax evasion is illegal, but tax deductions are not.

 

[Kate]

Jeremy,

I guess we will not be seeing any more of you then being that you will now only ask people you know for advice. Bummer it was entertaining.





What do you all think, do we have another LO posing as an appraiser? Sounds like it huh.

 

[TC]

Mr. Noland,

Sounds like you'll just keep asking as many people as you can to get the answer you want. Good Luck.


TC