To Become an Apprauser?!

[Surf Cat]

It's even more difficult to find a CG mentor. I wouldn't have been able to upgrade my CR if I hadn't been working for an appraisal firm for 10 years that had 2 CG's to mentor me. The big commercial firms won't hire you unless you bring your own (or your current employer's) clients to them. Those firms and commercial banking review jobs want years of experience and lots of designations too. The cost of Costar makes it cost prohibitive to be on your own and do commercial narratives. You can do DOT work for the state, but that does not pay as much as you'd think. I'm glad I got my CG, but in my experience, it's not the money maker everyone thinks it is. I always did residential as well.

Just another proposition perpetrated by the man to bring the poor appraisers down....