UAD 3.6

[NC Appraising]

What about the mud and rust on my steel tape and wheel...lol

I'm going to wheel your old arse to the old folks home Lol.

 

[Dublin ohio]

10 years fine. Samsung.

Pro tip....umbrella.

I have always had a hard time carrying and using an umbrella, tablet, disto or tape at the same time. I can put the disto or tape in my pocket when I am not using them. But it is a little difficult holding an umbrella and tablet while using a disto

 

[glenn walker]

Geez with all this high tech you guys must be making $100,000 plus net per year. No wonder my Disto and Clipboard killed my production and we don't even own umbrella where i live. In 35 years plus may have been five times rain was hard enough to keep us at home. Lol

 

[NC Appraising]

I have always had a hard time carrying and using an umbrella, tablet, disto or tape at the same time. I can put the disto or tape in my pocket when I am not using them. But it is a little difficult holding an umbrella and tablet while using a disto

I take my pics first. Then I measure. Small umbrella works best.

If windy and raining....I'm measuring from the interior and adding the wall thickness.

 

[donademo1]

It applies to EVERYTHING, unfortunately. It will start being implemented in 2026 and in Feb 2027 will become mandatory. For a time both formats will be ordered during the transition. Am looking forward to it about as much as you are - going to a class Sunday about it.

"For a time both formats will be ordered during the transition"??????? Just the new format and additional data required will take 50% longer - once fully proficient with 3.6. Having to do report in legacy UAD and 3.6 will require near 3 x the time. so a $500 appraisal today will soon cost $1500? Who is paying for that? Appraiser fees have gone up what maybe 40% over past 25 years? Only an idiot would consider starting out in this profession as it is.

 

[donademo1]

I suspect part of reason that the form is being updated is the use of templates. Too many appraiser fail to customize their template to fit the property. At least for residential, appraisal reports are often full of boilerplate language that does not apply to the subject property. I don't know if the new form will be template friendly or not.

Too many of our peers flat out suck and all of them fall under the "too many" you referred to. The need for much of boiler plate info is because of SUPPLIMENTAL LENDER REQUIREMENTS that require commentary. I expect we will be able to create common response drop down for each field like legacy UAD and hopefully for additional commentary as well but I fear creators frown on use of templates - they're not ones populating forms for a living and our proficiency is of little to no concern. The form being updated is precursor to phasing out need for human appraisers with only rare exceptions for GSE assignments.

 

[donademo1]

One thing about appraisal report content is that there exists a point of diminishing returns. Where adding more detail and explanation exhausts the reader. The CG narratives can sometimes get to that point - so much that probably most readers skip most of the one-size-fits-all boilerplate unless it's relevant to the property type. I know how to write, but due to the nature of my work and client base I rarely have occasion to write a long-form narrative.

My point being that many other users who are not engaged in data-mining might prefer to stick with the shorter report formats for their ease of use.

lender/client "special instructions" requiring bracketing minor differences is cause for the bloating of required comps and commentary.

 

[donademo1]

I like the expandable fields, but dread having to measure the height of every subject's front step and figure out if it qualifies as having "High Speed" Internet.

"having to measure the height of every subject's front step" seriously?

 

[donademo1]

And they want us to measure the ceiling height in every room? Seems like they really do want whoever hung on this long to leave the business. The inspection will take forever, it encroaches on inane minutae, crossing into a home inspection, and some questions can not be answered - vacant homes, clueless RE agents, and half the owners know little about their own homes - can't remember how old the appliances are, let alone what the HERS rating is.

3.6 will take us 2x the time - after a year to get proficient with, and for interim period they are requiring assignments delivered in Legacy UAD format and 3.6. Is ACI and Wintotal gonna enable that like making an ENV file?

 

[donademo1]

I bet lenders are not happy about it either - an extra burden reading the reports and it will not help them get more business -

Appraisers would do well to respond they will charge more - the outset is the best time to do it - the forms will add tremendous time to each inspection and chasing down the additional information.

twice as long - and only after a year to master and max out proficiency.