Too Revealing???

[Austin]

Neil: It is not another man's politics or religion, it happens to be my politics and religion I was making light of in good natured fun. There is no law against laughing at one's own self. You should try it sometimes. You probably would die laughing. Then you want to know why appraisers can't get together. That is why. People with your holier than thou attitude.

 

[Neil (Texas)]

Well, Austin, I have no first hand knowledge about the Republican party or Southern Baptists and, in as much as your post was directed to me...

And with regard to laughing at oneself, I too often have legitimate reason to do so. My family and friends will attest to that. How many others out there do you know of that have driven their lawn tractor into the deep end of the swimming pool. Fortunately, laughter prolongs life.

Guess we are both a bit grumpy this morning.

 

[Roger R. Patzold]

Lots of good ideas. Some of which I have questions about how the suggestion would be emplimented(sp).

From what I have seen and am now seeing, I think our best bet is to continue to use the Forum as a base. I think the Forum should remain independent but the Forumites could use it for general and specific discussions. I promote it whenever I talk to appraisers. I hope to see some of those people make comments. I think many of them are reading just not making comments, yet.

If 5000 mailings, emails, etc were sent out over a weekend like one post suggested it would be noticed. Especially, if they were sent to several recipents(sp).

Greater participation is the answer, and not in just a few areas by a few people. It has to be across the board by most if not all appraisers.

I sometimes wonder if Wayne was thinking of a national orginization when he set up this Forum???

God bless America and all our people, especially those who are going in harm's way.

 

[Jim McGrath]

TC,

I can't figure out that comment either. The SRA was never given away while I've been around and that's been since the mid-1970's. Got an old SRA designation on the wall here from the 1960's when it was the Society of Residential Appraisers not the Society of Real Estate Appraisers. Got another designation on the wall here from the 1970's that says SRA is Senior Realty Appraiser not Senior Residential Appraiser. No, they're not mine. I'm not that old. :lol:

Although, I seem to remember or to have heard that the Society was part of, or was born out of the Savings and Loan League way back when.

Hell, I even got suckered into going to college in the 1970's to meet the requirements for the SRA. Nothing was given away to me back then except my draft number for VietNam. It was 333, if I remember correctly.

Ben

Ben, I can remember back further than that. The AI has the MAI, and the RM, remember them? The Society had an SRA, and another for commercial, which I can't remember now because nobody uses it anymore. It's ironic that the two designations that survived were the MAI, and the SRA, both from different organizations. Probably, because those were the two the banks preferred.

I can even remember back when the AI didn't require a college degree. They waited till they had enough dues paying members, and then decided to limit the number of members to increase their prestige. I thought about joining at that time but decided not to.

Before the S&L crisis, a designation was necessary to convince bank officers you could do an appraisal. Groups offering designations were springing up like weeds in a cowpasture. I thought about starting one myself, because it looked a lot easier than appraising. All it took at the time was enough money to pay a small initiation fee and dues, and you could pick your designation, from beginner to senior. As they picked up members they would raise requirements to make it look prestigous. That is why I don't feel these groups do any real good for the appraisal profession, and not much more for their members.

I get sufficient work without them, the only two worth anything are the MAI, and SRA, and they cost more to join than they add to your income, so I consider it a losing proposition. I feel like Groucho Marx, who said "any organization that would have me, isn't worth joining".

Just another dissenting opinion.

Jim McGrath
Jim McGrath

 

[Red Blumenstock]

Jim M,

Just for the record, the Society had two designations other than the SRA. One was the SRPA (Senior Real Property Appraiser) and the other was the SREA (Senior Real Estate Analyst) which was essentially grandfathered into the MAI.

Red Blumenstock (SRA, RM)

 

[Ben Vukicevich SRA]

Jim,

Red's correct about the old designations in the SREA: SRA,SRPA and SREA. The only one given to me was the RM from AIREA because they had reciprocity with the SRA. The RM designation was not really well known so that's why AI kept the two best known after the merger: the MAI and the SRA.

Anybody remember when they were going to make the RM's, MAI®'s but the MAI's got in an uproar over it? Hey, none of we SRA's moaned when they gave the RM's the SRA designation. :lol:

So Red, I see from your post that you and I are one of the very few left that can still advertise both the SRA and RM designations under the AI umbrella.

Ben (SRA,RM)

 

[Jim McGrath]

Jim,

Red's correct about the old designations in the SREA: SRA,SRPA and SREA. The only one given to me was the RM from AIREA because they had reciprocity with the SRA. The RM designation was not really well known so that's why AI kept the two best known after the merger: the MAI and the SRA.

Anybody remember when they were going to make the RM's, MAI®'s but the MAI's got in an uproar over it? Hey, none of we SRA's moaned when they gave the RM's the SRA designation. :lol:

So Red, I see from your post that you and I are one of the very few left that can still advertise both the SRA and RM designations under the AI umbrella.

Ben (SRA,RM)

Yea, I remember them now, had one of those senior moments, because no one seems to mention the old designations. Only SRA and MAI left nowdays.

Jim M