jay trotta
Elite Member
- Joined
- Feb 8, 2004
- Professional Status
- Certified Residential Appraiser
- State
- Connecticut
Agreed and glad you have been (running you mouth) I would extend thanks for all your input over the years. I believe everyone can learn something over time, and that is why I started here so many years ago. Input from so many participants nationwide, always results in a hidden gem somewhere along the line.Also, the allegation which he keeps repeating is that I doxxed his address and his family. IIRC he was previously talking about his wife and kids.
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Since he has alleged it, I have been asking if anyone knows if his property is anywhere on that map; and to date nobody seems to know. I still don't know what property on that map, if any, belongs to him.
Now he's pivoting to the "doxxing" the property in question and citing the Confidentality section of the ETHICS RULE, which applies when an appraiser is acting as an appraiser (not an opinion-pundit in a podcast or on a forum) in conjunction with their workproduct in an assignment. (which, if there's no client then there's no assignment). Moreover, the concept of confidentiality applies to information that is not available outside of the appraiser's work, not public record info or MLS listing info that Zillow picks up. Information isn't automatically a secret just because an appraiser is using it. That's basic, so I don't even understand why he would attempt to run that line by appraisers who have been instructed otherwise over the years.
Now I've lost track of how many properties which have been involved in various controversies that we have picked up on this forum and looked deeper into those situations to see what there is to see. AFAICT there's nothing special about this example compared to those, and I don't see what reasoning it would take to square that particular pretzel logic.
Lastly, he's apparently been at this podcast thing and selling stuff to appraisers for many years. (which I do neither). I don't know what the ROI is on whatever time/effort he's putting into producing a 30-min podcast, but I *assume* his primary motivation for doing so isn't the $15.95 that Youtube is going to pay him for 800 views on that last one. My guess is that he's doing it for love of the game, so to speak; and not for the $15.95. He's advocating what he thinks and what he believes. Same as everyone on this forum does. That's a sentiment I can understand quite well. I just wish he was logical enough to recognize the same when other people do it. I've been running my mouth on this forum - for free - since before he took his first Appraisal 101 course down at the mall.
Thank You, George and all other participants