This VA appraisal I'm reviewing is one of the worst I've read. Is there any way I can report this to the VA?

[Tiffany Gibbons]

I'm kinda being aggressive for no reason too.

But what really annoys me is that the VA panel is a coveted position. They have strict demands, but everyone I know who does work for the VA seems to ONLY do work for the VA. You can't get on the list. I've tried. Yet somehow this guy is on the list. I would wager my life that this appraisal isn't the result of a bad day, and that most of this person's work is similarly bad. WHY ARE THEY STILL GIVEN WORK???????????

You were hired to review the appraisal, not the appraiser. For all you know, a Windows update crashed the whole computer in the middle of the appraiser's report (this has happened to me-I thought something had saved and it didn't). The SAR alerted me something was wrong and I thanked her profusely for catching the error and fixed it and re-uploaded the report. The RLCs are also reviewing appraisals in house. If you made the mistake of reporting something to the state that a senior review appraiser at the RLC has already reviewed (as busy as they have been, not to mention with ongoing wars, pandemic, forbearance issues), that would not be good for you. Just review the appraisal and move on. It took me several tries and several years to get on the VA list and it did not happen until I had my CG. You are expected to drop everything for them which makes it hard to do other types of assignments. I hate reviews and I hope I never have to do them again.

 

[Tim Hicks (Texas)]

Just keep in mind that if your review is submitted to the state, it will come under the same enforcement as the original appraisal. If you fail to follow USPAP or make a misleading statement in your review, then you can get sanctioned too. It happens. It could be as simple as not addressing exposure time or not correctly describing your scope of work. Stick to the facts and support your conclusions with factual data.

 

[JeffSH]

I realize now that because the name is redacted, I can't really escalate. I'm dumb.

I appreciate the back and forth though. I agree now that saying "the appraisal quality is below average" isn't a good statement to include. There's no reason to 'assign a grade' to the appraisal being reviewed. That's not what they are asking for.

 

[glenn walker]

I realize now that because the name is redacted, I can't really escalate. I'm dumb.

I appreciate the back and forth though. I agree now that saying "the appraisal quality is below average" isn't a good statement to include. There's no reason to 'assign a grade' to the appraisal being reviewed. That's not what they are asking for.

It wont be the first or the last bad one you get so quit worrying or being concerned about others poor work you will never change that anyway

 

[Tim Hicks (Texas)]

I realize now that because the name is redacted, I can't really escalate. I'm dumb.

I appreciate the back and forth though. I agree now that saying "the appraisal quality is below average" isn't a good statement to include. There's no reason to 'assign a grade' to the appraisal being reviewed. That's not what they are asking for.

I struggled with this as I reviewed fraudulent report after fraudulent report regarding manufactured homes in the late 1990's and early 2000's. I was repeatedly told to stick to the facts, answer the questions with factually supported data and let the review stand on its own merit.

I had to provide my own opinion of value sometimes $100,000 less based on actual MLS sales from the immediate market area while having to prove the sales in the report were not published sales, but in fact assemblage sales. It was not worth the amount of work no matter what the fee.

 

[glenn walker]

I struggled with this as I reviewed fraudulent report after fraudulent report regarding manufactured homes in the late 1990's and early 2000's. I was repeatedly told to stick to the facts, answer the questions with factually supported data and let the review stand on its own merit.

I had to provide my own opinion of value sometimes $100,000 less based on actual MLS sales from the immediate market area while having to prove the sales in the report were not published sales, but in fact assemblage sales. It was not worth the amount of work no matter what the fee.

I did it for almost 7 years and one day I just said no more I am done . I no longer do any reviews .

 

[Tim Hicks (Texas)]

I did it for almost 7 years and one day I just said no more I am done . I no longer do any reviews .

Field reviews are twice the work and not worth any fee if the report value is not supportable,

Although I must admit, I would love to see one of Fernando's reports. I imagine it filled out on green forms in crayon.

 

[glenn walker]

Field reviews are twice the work and not worth any fee if the report value is not supportable,

Although I must admit, I would love to see one of Fernando's reports. I imagine it filled out on green forms in crayon.

I may have seen a few come across review desk as we had a N California Division but I am quite sure his real Name is not even Fernando

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

Do appraisers not trust their own work?

Every reviewer who turned in an appraiser in Arkansas expected their review to be compliant with USPAP. So why did the state notify everyone that if they turn someone in, expect their work to be examined because as many sanctions were going out to the reviewers as was to the OA?.... You don't know what you don't know and USPAP is a living breathing document that is interpreted differently by everyone and that includes boards and board investigators.

I once did a certain thing and in a CE class learned that I had been omitting a requirement of the government agency I was doing the occasional work for. Otherwise, I had all the confidence in the world that I was doing it "right"...in fact, I had an omission and had omitted it for some time. Be it SBA, FNMA, IRS, VA, Freddy, Sally, Farmer Mac, whatever - there are complex regulations easy to overlook buried in these which are SOW issues (what we used to call supplemental standards) and are fully a requirement of USPAP even if you followed the USPAP guidelines to the letter.