Realtor handed me 14 comps.

[AppraisingLA123]

Some of us has eschewed both. Never worked for an AMC. Never sketched to ANSI. Never will. It's a choice. We've known what AMCs were from the get-go. Blood suckers. So, why deal with them. Appraisers have had 30 years to adjust and get out of secondary market work. The absence of choosing is a choice.

I don't think our certs read exactly like that in the first place, and if you present me with comps to look at, I have the choice of ignoring them or at least looking at them politely. The bias of no bias is a bias. Our views are biased by our own interpretations and experience.

It takes time to built clients, sometimes you have to work with AMCs. Not all secondary market appraisal work pays bad.

i don't understand your second paragraph.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

i don't understand your second paragraph.

Simple. Providing me with comps is not trying to influence my report.

If we certify that no one has attempted to influence us that would be a lie.

I see nothing above that suggests the appraiser is being pressured to do anything. Nor do the 1004 certs say so. All the above decisions are made by us.

 

[Zoe]

Simple. Providing me with comps is not trying to influence my report.

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I see nothing above that suggests the appraiser is being pressured to do anything. Nor do the 1004 certs say so. All the above decisions are made by us.

Yeah, our local NAR board would punish an agent if they put too much pressure on an appraiser. All the appraiser that is member would have to do is file a complaint with the local Board. Appraiser would not even have to be a member to file complaint with the local NAR board. The board knows agents can't do that.

 

[AppraisingLA123]

Simple. Providing me with comps is not trying to influence my report.

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I see nothing above that suggests the appraiser is being pressured to do anything. Nor do the 1004 certs say so. All the above decisions are made by us.

The argument is that if the agent is giving comps, then its a form of influence. So we are being influenced. Agents giving us comps violates AIR.

 

[Mike Ault]

Gathering information from realtors is part of the discovery process. It is not a violation of AIR.

 

[Zoe]

The argument is that if the agent is giving comps, then its a form of influence. So we are being influenced. Agents giving us comps violates AIR.

Your looking at it wrong. That agent has to have reasons why they listed the property and/or selling the property for their client(s).

Agent can share tons of information with appraiser on buyer and seller motivations. Read the definition of Market Value.

Don't worry!!!! I have upset many real estate brokers/agents. They get over it. I can call them back if I need some more info down the line.

 

[AppraisingLA123]

Your looking at it wrong. That agent has to have reasons why they listed the property and/or selling the property for their client(s).

Agent can share tons of information with appraiser on buyer and seller motivations. Read the definition of Market Value.

Don't worry!!!! I have upset many real estate brokers/agents. They get over it. I can call them back if I need some more info down the line.

I still accept comps, but some here in the forum made compelling cases against accepting them, and one can make an argument that we are being influenced. Let me put it this way, we are being influenced, but that doesn't mean we were influenced. Idk if that makes sense.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

one can make an argument that we are being influenced.

Only if you are letting them. So, under your assumption, even accessing the MLS is "influencing" us. Again


The info provided to you needs to be VETTED from a "disinterested" source - whatever that means.

 

[djd09]

that realtor is not my friend...they can write their own appraisal

 

[Mark K]

Jeeez. This is not a big issue.

The realtor is a fiduciary and advocate for the owner and the property.

You are an advocate for your report. Different roles.

Take the comps, see if there's one that applies and maybe you missed it. No big deal.

A realtor giving an appraiser comps or a copy of their CMA is not coercion, they are simply doing their job. Do yours and go on your way.

Much ado about nothing.