State Lic appraiser signs off 1500 mi. away

[Terrel L. Shields]

N. M., SLxxxN (Arkansas), reciprocated from California and surrendered his license after allegedly supervising and signing a number of reports generated in NW Arkansas with unregistered trainees.

I'm amazed...really.

 

[c w d]

N. M., SLxxxN (Arkansas), reciprocated from California and surrendered his license after allegedly supervising and signing a number of reports generated in NW Arkansas with unregistered trainees.

I'm amazed...really.

Must be one of those guys making up for the lower fees through volume. I wonder if that 1500 mile away appraisal was for an AMC?

 

[Pamela Crowley (Florida)]

I am SO disgusted by all of this.
I'm sad and very angry that the powers that be that could have stopped this from happening actually appear to be the ones that actively made this happen.

 

[Workbox]

That brings up a, question, I received an FHA reverse mortgage with someone else on the FHA confirmation page. I told them to change it, and they did. But when I looked that appraiser up, they are listed in two state, if I am correct their place of business is in Minnesota, but had a licence in Texas. :Shrug: Maybe they moved?

Eitherway, I am sure there hundreds more like this.

 

[Kevin Mc]

I am SO disgusted by all of this.
I'm sad and very angry that the powers that be that could have stopped this from happening actually appear to be the ones that actively made this happen.

don't worry Pam, When they get done ridding the industry of all the MB/Appraiser relationships(the few that are left) and put it all in the hands of the AMCs and their "bonded" appraisers life will be good.m2:m2:....amazing isn't it?

 

[Carnivore]

Shades of Studeman.

Studeman is the recently FL revoked appraiser who resided in NC but signed off on trainees in Florida as "Did Inspect" by using pictures.

He is still licensed in NC and TN and probably signs off on trainees in TN and NC no matter where he resides.

 

[Couch Potato]

That brings up a, question, I received an FHA reverse mortgage with someone else on the FHA confirmation page. I told them to change it, and they did. But when I looked that appraiser up, they are listed in two state, if I am correct their place of business is in Minnesota, but had a licence in Texas. :Shrug: Maybe they moved?

Eitherway, I am sure there hundreds more like this.

I listed in two states. As you note, moving explains a great deal. With Minnesota as one of the states, they may well "move" twice a year.

 

[PropertyEconomics]

It proves that no matter what we do .. you cannot control the ethics of others. There are and shall always be scumbags in our line of work. No morals, no ehtics, and no care .... its not something that we will ever be able to change.
For every one that a state may go after, there are 100 more that go under the radar.

 

[Chris Colston]

N. M., SLxxxN (Arkansas), reciprocated from California and surrendered his license after allegedly supervising and signing a number of reports generated in NW Arkansas with unregistered trainees.

I'm amazed...really.

While this is horrendous and he should be hung by his thumbs and thrown in jail, the other part of this thread is not that unusual. More than one license in more than one state. I held a certification in both Arkansas and Florida. When I lived in Arkansas, I wasn't about to let my Florida cert go, it was too hard to get when I got it. There are snow birds that hold Florida certs and work here in the winter and elsewhere in the summer. I know someone who has certifications in 24 states and keeps them all active. Doesn't mean he is working in 24 states, doesn't mean he is geo competent in all 24 states, doesn't even mean he is hiring trainees in all 24 states. There is nothing wrong, however, with having multiple licenses in multiple states.

 

[Tudor]

AMC's need to be held responsible for this. Their low fees promote this type of behaviour.

Should be easy enough for them to track how much work goes to one person/company and who is actually doing the work. Me thinks they know and don't care, everything is working as intended.

The only way they can keep the fees low is to have fewer companies doing all the work and letting unsupervised trainees perform that work.