Arizona's Board of Appraisal is a failure
Ray Miller asked:
What do you think of your state appraisal board????
Do you think that act fairly in all matters????
Do you think the members of your appraisal board understand USPAP?
Do you think you would receive a fair hearing if you were brought before your board??
The AZ BoA is an administrative failure. The AZ BoA consists of nine, politically appointed part-timers, who have accomplished diddly squat in their ~17 years of existence.
The AZ BoA has dismissed complaints about fraud, about forged signatures, about reports riddled with USPAP violations, while persuing picayunish cases all the way in county superior courts. So, the AZ BoA has never acted fairly in all matters, and the AZ BoA has wasted a limited budget on irrelevant misdemeanor infractions, while ignoring felonies.
By persistent bickering among AZ BoA members during public meetings about what USPAP says, they reveal a shocking lack of understanding USPAP.
If I was brought before the AZ BoA, I would hire an attorney in preparation to sue the members individually for violation of my civil rights, because I anticipate retaliation from the AZ BoA for my vehement criticisms over the years.
IMO the AZ BoA should be replaced by an Appraisal Commissioner, who would be a full time, professional, selected for being well qualified. The current executive director was promoted from within as a reward for her participation in a coup d'etat that ended with the firing of the former ... effective ... executive director. The AZ BoA had to revise the executive director qualification criteria, by removing a college degree requirement, to hire the present Judas.
The AZ BoA enables outlaw appraising to thrive in Arizona, generating one of the highest foreclosure rates in the United States. Since the AZ BoA continues in their failure to enforce USPAP, if I were a risk manager for any company funding mortgages secured by Arizona real estate, I would require two appraisals and a review for every loan I approved in Arizona. And, I might even red line Arizona, in favor of states with a better history of USPAP enforcement.
