Some interesting ASC licensing stats for 2025

[Joe Flacco]

The guy on the right reminds me of colonel sanders.

 

[gregb]

When I was teaching live classes we had a couple VA appraisers who were literally toting their oxygen bottles and being driven around by a younger family member. And a few of the reviewers, too.

Casting aspersions on VA appraisers in the agenda, the one remaining segment of fee appraisers who are not subject to AMC rule.

 

[George Hatch]

I wasn't casting aspersions on these appraisers. They're still in the game and they're still actively engaged, even if they can't do their own driving or maintain an active driver license.

I don't anticipate doing my own driving for work if/when I make into my 80s, let alone my 90s. I might still be working, though.

 

[Non Sequitur]

More proof that this professions has always been “old”:

 

[George Hatch]

People also looked older for their age back then. I don't look that old but I might be older than them all.

I'm thinning at the temples so I went to the prison cut last year. Kinda like this guy except I'm several years older than him and I still have a slightly stronger hairline in front.

 

[gregb]

Curious why it was relevant to point out in this thread that there were old VA appraisers attending your class, with oxygen tanks and drivers presumably because they had no driver license? Did you learn anything from these experienced appraisers? Did you treat them differently in the class than a newbie licensee? The question out there is who was your preferred student?

 

[glenn walker]

More proof that this professions has always been “old”:


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Most men looked like that at 50 when i was a teen...in my hood they walked them out of the aerospace plants at 55 eith a cheap fake gold watch. No kidding.

 

[George Hatch]

Glen brought the age question up. Not me. And it does relate to the topic of appraiser numbers.

When I teach CE courses I never treat anyone like a noob because they aren't noobs. Moreover, I want them to interact and contribute as much as possible because it suits me to do so. I always aspired for every course participant to get as much as possible out of it because I understand the sacrifice it takes to drop a day of paid work in order to accrue some CE hours under duress.

As for how I teach I try to exploit the common experience in order to illustrate the concepts involved. It's actually a little frustrating to teach QE courses by comparison because they lack the common experience that the veterans have. I sometimes get the feeling they think I'm exaggerating or making things up because it can't possibly be that bad with clients and borrowers and reviewers and underwriters.

 

[glenn walker]

Remember way back like when Uncle Billy was a SREA like in 1965 unless an appraser worked in a Bank or S & L he also was a broker..did taxes..sold insurance. Most full time fee appraisers often couldn't make a living.

Also unless they invested in real estate they worked until they died. Kinda like today.. many have to work until they fall over.

Nothing to be ashamed about many just needed 5 more good years and **** happens. Two on here worked up to 65 to 70 started getting social security and medical and died 6 to 12 months later.
Sometimes your the window and sometimes your the bug. Your going to hear a lot of i just need one good refinance boom in the next few years.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

We’ve always been a profession full of people at retirement age, here’s a photo on eBay:

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Simply put most times the best appraisers are ones who have life experience. Therefore, they attempt this profession after their 30th birthday and take a full 10 years to mature as professionals. It really is an old person's game often. Most young appraisers I know were children of appraisers.