Smoke And Co Detectors

[Howard Klahr]

Read this. (Assuming you can read.)

Look who is exuding bravado ... how about you brush up on your reading comprehension and then you won't have such petty problems.
A) I requested that you identify a single lawsuit pertinent to the issue. You were the one to claim this is such a legal risk to the appraiser. You failed to do so and used unsupported claims from an on-line blog as the basis of support to your assertions. Have you ever heard of the concept of fake news?

B) The OP specifically referenced that the assignment is an FHA report. Just in case you may not be aware FHA has specific requirements that are required when performing those assignments. In order to be allowed to perform those assignment one has to be an FHA approved professional through which being approved one agrees to perform assignments to their requirements.

So in terms of the one with a reading comprehension problem it would seem that it would be you that has the reading problem. If you choose to continue to ignore such basic non-issues in the performance of your services, go ahead. The time to object about some scope of work issue is upon engagement not after delivery. And if there is something that you feel ill equipped to perform or beyond your expertise then don't accept the assignment. Whining after the fact just speaks volumes on your professionalism and quality of the services you deliver, or lack thereof, but it is your choice.

All I have asked is to stop with the chicken little scenarios because clearly you are having problems understanding scope of work, client needs and the services that your peers perform on a routine basis. What you are unaware is that this specific requirement has been in place longer than you have been in the business and whining about it now serves absolutely no purpose.

 

[residentialguy]

So test it. What's the problem?

The FHA handbook does not specifically require smoke or CO detectors, but it is left up to the opinions of the appraiser, and ultimately the mortgagee, to determine if the property meets MPRs, including health and safety. There is certainly nothing that prohibits testing the smoke and CO detectors, whether technically required or not.

You're asking me about smoke detectors? Does that mean that you ask the home inspector for market value?