Very Fast Appraiser?

[factsandtruth]

"I haven't had a raise in 20 years...B.S....."

Is this guy serious?

https://theappraisercoach.com/never-had-a-raise/

 

[RSW]

I think he meant to say week and not day.

 

[J Grant]

He says he completes as many as 6-8 appraisals a day! He must be a very fast driver, to view that many subjects and comps. Or is this the guy with a driver while he types up on iphone on the way to next property. Or he flies around James Bond style in a helicopter...that would shave time off .

His statement of spending 2 days on an assignment 20 years ago due to pasting photos or picking up film etc is ludicrous. I started appraising 20 years ago and at most those tasks took an hour, far less time than the recent more extensive client requirements, scope creep, UAD format adds. Plus in those days, fees were proportionately better so more appraisers could afford to pay assistants to do the grunt work( pick up film, rub in arrows , type etc).

 

[Deleted member 134708]

He said 600% increase so assuming not a typo. Would love to get a peak at his reports on an 8 report day. Just wrong photos everywhere, wrong house on wrong address etc.

 

[J Grant]

If he is really producing 3-8 reports a day, I doubt he is doing much of them himself. He is personally inspecting comps from street on 8 different assignments a day, AND develops the appraisal? It would be impossible, unless he never sleeps (vampire appraiser ?)

In order to produce that fast, an assistants would pull the research and write it, content mainly generic canned comments, perhaps the appraiser eyeballs it and signs. How else can one accomplish this feat. This model of "appraising" is the inevitable result of the drive down of fees and demand for very fast turn times.

 

[CANative]

I complete 3-8 full-appraisals per day without compromising quality(before you start freaking out, please see my comments below)

As I watched/smelled him do his job,

Sounds like they're in the same business. Except one is honest and ethical.

 

[Deleted member 134708]

Average 5.5 a day X 5 workdays X 51 weeks = 1,403 appraisals per year. Hahahaha

 

[JTip]

If you had a couple mouth breathers at $15/hr slamming in data, you could do adjustments and comments in an hour. 8 reports, one report for data entry....pretty good money.....

 

[Joe Flacco]

I accepted too many orders and I tried to complete 10 reports over seven days working 16 hour days. I failed.

 

[Joe Flacco]

It is kind of crazy how appraisers can claim to do five appraisals per day and they are not investigated by somebody.