The Decline of the Appraisal Industry: An Unsustainable Future

[Alsie35]

I did. And I was making $400 to $450 per at that time, only $50 to $100 more than I made in 1988. If I was doing 10 to 15 reports a month now I would need $1,000 per to survive.

Hmmm ... so - you have relatively high expenses *BUT* also high enough retirement income to pay them. Well done.

 

[Charles West]

Hmmm ... so - you have relatively high expenses *BUT* also high enough retirement income to pay them. Well done.

Well, I was thinking of how active income is taxed. You deduct your operating expenses from your gross and the government wants its take of what remains—not much left over out of $15,000. Not these days, not in CA.

 

[Alsie35]

Well, I was thinking of how active income is taxed. You deduct your operating expenses from your gross and the government wants its take of what remains—not much left over out of $15,000. Not these days, not in CA.

Yup. That crossed my mind. Especially with y'all living in Sacramento (which I consider to be a nice city as I appraised it for 11 years and was stationed there way back in the early 1990s).

But down here - we have a much lower cost of living and no state income tax. And more good paying appraisal work because of the growing demographics. Oh and you should see that GIGANTIC Tesla factory outside of Austin. Drove past it twice on my way to and back from Dallas recently - it is something to see. All those Cybertrucks with all blinkers flashing arranged outside one set of doors where they just came off the assembly line.

They built a private toll hwy that goes right past it through rolling open country. And just a couple of miles North of the Tesla plant - you pass the brand new Austin Business Airport. Gleaming with the most up-to-date corporate jets on the runways. Get it yet? Texas works. I would bet the milk money that they built the airport just so Elon & co. would be able to get in and out of the Tesla plant in no time and with no trouble.

God I love Gov. Abbott - he is in his third term now. We don't have artificial limitations just so the next crony can get into office. We elect good governors and then we keep em!

 

[Fernando]

Yup. That crossed my mind. Especially with y'all living in Sacramento (which I consider to be a nice city as I appraised it for 11 years and was stationed there way back in the early 1990s).

But down here - we have a much lower cost of living and no state income tax. And more good paying appraisal work because of the growing demographics. Oh and you should see that GIGANTIC Tesla factory outside of Austin. Drove past it twice on my way to and back from Dallas recently - it is something to see. All those Cybertrucks with all blinkers flashing arranged outside one set of doors where they just came off the assembly line.

They built a private toll hwy that goes right past it through rolling open country. And just a couple of miles North of the Tesla plant - you pass the brand new Austin Business Airport. Gleaming with the most up-to-date corporate jets on the runways. Get it yet? Texas works. I would bet the milk money that they built the airport just so Elon & co. would be able to get in and out of the Tesla plant in no time and with no trouble.

Austin is a "Blue State". Rest of Texas should follow Austin's path.

God I love Gov. Abbott - he is in his third term now. We don't have artificial limitations just so the next crony can get into office. We elect good governors and then we keep em!

I don't think he's great. That's why he'll never be President.

 

[Dublin ohio]

Austin is a "Blue State". Rest of Texas should follow Austin's path.

And end up like CA. Only a masochist would want that

 

[Fernando]

And end up like CA. Only a masochist would want that

Austin is becoming another CA. You're welcome.

 

[Fernando]

Fast food workers in CA make $20/hour.

Today while measuring a house, I got my expensive sneakers muddy. Ugh.
Hate this job.....at least fast food workers don't have to worry about muddy shoes to clean afterwards.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

expensive sneakers

throw them in the washer. Big deal

 

[Dublin ohio]

throw them in the washer. Big deal

Or wear something less expensive. Reminds me of the female appraiser i saw trying to walk around a new construction site in high heels

 

[Fernando]

throw them in the washer. Big deal

For dinner tonight at a restaurant, I spent some time cleaning my shoes in the restroom. Still hard to get the mud on the bottom of the shoes. Ugh.