USPAP actually require appraiser to inspect subject?

[Mike Kennedy]

Must be a reallllllllllllllllllllly slow weekend.:Eyecrazy::laugh:

 

[Ken B]

I be interested in knowing how the OP answered the question.

There are a number ways to answer if one doesn't know the answer.

Given what most HR people know about appraisers, the best way to answer (assuming one didn't know) would've been to spill your coffee on the interviewer's desk and apologize profusely while grabbing any papers off the desk to help wipe up the spill.

This technique would firmly establish you as a klutz, which is closely aligned (and often confused) with a geek. Most HR people believe that appraisers are geeks, ergo your actions would fulfill their preconceived notions thus type casting you as a typical appraiser.

And if those actions fail to impress the interviewer, just sit back, smile, and state "Well, I do have a degree in math."

If you don't have that degree, a perfectly acceptable substitute statement is "Well, I did sleep at Holiday Inn last night."

Actually, if you skip the former and stick with the latter, you have a better chance of being mistaken for someone with personality.

I'm playing!!

 

[Calvin the Airedale]

OK.

Assuming you don't know the answer, here are some answers you don't want to give:

1. What's USPAP?

2. Is there any other way to do an appraisal?

3. Do you mean there are situations where you'll actually expect me to look at the subject? and the comps?

4. What do mean by "inspect"?

5. Hey, for the right money, anything can be in compliance with USPAP.

6. It's funny you should ask, because I was just arguing this scenario with my parole officer.

 

[Ken B]

7. What do you want the answer to be?

 

[CANative]

Must be a reallllllllllllllllllllly slow weekend.:Eyecrazy::laugh:

It's not the weekend that's slow.

 

[Calvin the Airedale]

8. Off hand I couldn't say, but if you can wait a few minutes, I left my majic 8 ball out in the car.

 

[Lee Lansford]

Must be a reallllllllllllllllllllly slow weekend.:Eyecrazy::laugh:

Amen! ! ! !

 

[Lee Lansford]

The answer is NO.

USPAP does not "require" any level of "inspection" of the subject of the appraisal nor the data analyzed in comparison to the subject.

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IMHO, this remains the best response to the question posed in the OP.

 

[Calvin the Airedale]

9. I'm sorry, could you repeat the question? All these voices in my head keep shouting "kill him!".

10. Do you validate parking?

 

[Ken B]

And I don't even have a math degree. I've just got an analytical mind and a bit of common sense.

I forgot to mention the good looks.