I'm sorry that some of you are offended but, that's just too bad. If a newbie appraiser isn't frustrated and sometimes offended, they're not learning very much!
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT QUESTIONS ABOUT APPRAISING THAT ARE ABOUT THEORIES!! I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY ASKED YOUR MENTOR AND WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWER!!
I am talking about questions that make me question if you've even taken the initial appraisal courses.
It's a FACT that there are way toooooooo many newbies out there doing appraisals on their own. THOSE newbies are the ones ruining this business. If you've taken the initial appraisal class, you still know almost nothing. But, with a hands on supervisor that DOES go on your first inspections and DOES review your work WITH you, you will learn.
On top of that, this newbie/wannabe section was put here BECAUSE we had so many newbies asking the same questions over and over again. We experienced forumites have answered those same questions over and over again. If we didn't want to help you, we wouldn't have ever answered them! I don't want this to come as too much of a surprise to you but, we do have our own paying work to do. Please use the Search function. There is now a post at the top of the newbie/wannabe section that explains how to use the search function.
I know you want the answer right away. With the mentors here that VOLUNTEER their time and effort to help all of you coming in and out of the forum, it probably is faster for you to get your answer through the seach feature than waiting for one of us to find your post.
I've been on this forum probably close to 4 years now. I was amazed and in awe at what I could learn. I was flamed a few times for a dumb question or something I had misinterpreted or for a simply stupid response or for asking something that had already been extensively discussed. More than anything else, I wanted to learn more so I kept coming and learned to search for what I was looking for first.
There is a massive amount of information here FREE. Please do take advantage of it. If you go away offended, it's YOUR loss.
Yes, some of us appear quite negative about appraising. After a while, it's hard not to be when those of us that are trying to do our job honestly and ethically and knowledgeably but the clients are financially holding a gun to our heads to do it wrong. There have been HUGE changes in appraising since licensing in 1991... add in the AVMs and the AMCs taking the jobs and a large percentage of OUR money.... add in the HUGE amount of unethical ones taking on the HUGE amount of trainees and either teaching them the WRONG ways to appraise or not teaching them at all.... Now add on the HUGE amount of trainees the schools are pumping out and not telling them the truth about what to expect.
We are volunteers here and are ready and willing to help you newbies.... AFTER you try to help yourselves. We're not paid to help train you as your supervisor is and I resent and am most angry at the supervisors that are not training you or are training you wrong!!!!!
Maybe.... just maybe.... it's your supervisor or yourself you should be angry with. The experienced appraisers here that have and will continue to answer your questions are all unpaid mentors to you. We don't have to answer your questions. We do because we care. This thread will help those that really want help.
