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What about ORGANIZING?
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Mike Kennedy
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The OP might wish to research:
American Guild of Appraisers/Guild 44 of the Office and Professional Employees International Union, AFL-CIO (OPEIU).
American Guild of Appraisers/Guild 44 of the Office and Professional Employees International Union, AFL-CIO (OPEIU).
- American Guild of Appraisers
www.[B]appraisersguild[/B].org CachedWelcome to the new website for the American Guild of Appraisers. ... 44 of the Office and Professional Employees International Union, one of the 56 unions of AFL-CIO.
- American Guild of Appraisers Petitions Federal Reserve Board ...
www.[B]opeiu[/B].org/Home/tabid/37/ctl/ArticleView/mid/1886/... CachedAmerican Guild of Appraisers Petitions Federal Reserve Board and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Overturn Regulation that Threatens Viability of Professional ...
OneOutOfMany
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<--- OP.
Thank you all for the replies. A few points:
1 - I'm not that stupid to I think that I came up with this idea. I was not aware that this is a topic that keeps on being brought up in the forums and for that I apologize. Until a few months ago, I simply did not have the time to browse forums and did not have a chance to see the other posts on this topic.
2 - Yes, I did use the word organize, but I was not speaking about any unions.
3 - I said that I wanted to see if such an experiment can actually be performed. On basic logic alone I knew that I'm not the first to float such an idea but I was talking about actually trying to take steps towards making it happen as opposed to continuing what appears at this point to be a very old and tiresome debate. I merely said that I had an image rolling around in my head, an image of a large communication chain among appraisers in one state (for starters) that would be put together over time and ultimately lead to a boycott countdown (don't mock, it's too depressing trying to think of a different way of calling it).
4 - I did take economics in school and I do understand the concept of supply and demand (wouldn't be much of an appraiser if I didn't).
5 - The scenario is that once the line of communication is set up, we can all act in unison. When all of the members of the said communication line would stop taking AMC orders at the same time, an impact is all but guaranteed at one point. I understand that there will be appraisers who will continue to take the assignments but if we reduce the workforce, the overall field of battle would change. There would be an overall smaller number of appraisers left to take on all the orders. I do not think that this will empower the remaining workforce for long. I think so because in my honest opinion the majority of the professionals who would be involved in this boycott will be the experienced appraisers who provide a certain quality of work, leaving the AMCs to deal with the new breed of appraisers, the ones who are doing the $200 1004s and likely do not provide the highest quality of work. That fact, coupled with the workload increase for these appraisers is likely to result in slower turn times, and ultimately, an even lower quality final product. How long would it take for AMCs to notice? How long would it take for the banks to notice? What would they do? I understand that there is a lot of if, buts, maybes and other questions involved here, but don't you think it's time to actually try and do something as opposed to having these "semi-annual" discussions that appear to only make everyone cynical with every cycle? m2:
Thank you all for the replies. A few points:
1 - I'm not that stupid to I think that I came up with this idea. I was not aware that this is a topic that keeps on being brought up in the forums and for that I apologize. Until a few months ago, I simply did not have the time to browse forums and did not have a chance to see the other posts on this topic.
2 - Yes, I did use the word organize, but I was not speaking about any unions.
3 - I said that I wanted to see if such an experiment can actually be performed. On basic logic alone I knew that I'm not the first to float such an idea but I was talking about actually trying to take steps towards making it happen as opposed to continuing what appears at this point to be a very old and tiresome debate. I merely said that I had an image rolling around in my head, an image of a large communication chain among appraisers in one state (for starters) that would be put together over time and ultimately lead to a boycott countdown (don't mock, it's too depressing trying to think of a different way of calling it).
4 - I did take economics in school and I do understand the concept of supply and demand (wouldn't be much of an appraiser if I didn't).
5 - The scenario is that once the line of communication is set up, we can all act in unison. When all of the members of the said communication line would stop taking AMC orders at the same time, an impact is all but guaranteed at one point. I understand that there will be appraisers who will continue to take the assignments but if we reduce the workforce, the overall field of battle would change. There would be an overall smaller number of appraisers left to take on all the orders. I do not think that this will empower the remaining workforce for long. I think so because in my honest opinion the majority of the professionals who would be involved in this boycott will be the experienced appraisers who provide a certain quality of work, leaving the AMCs to deal with the new breed of appraisers, the ones who are doing the $200 1004s and likely do not provide the highest quality of work. That fact, coupled with the workload increase for these appraisers is likely to result in slower turn times, and ultimately, an even lower quality final product. How long would it take for AMCs to notice? How long would it take for the banks to notice? What would they do? I understand that there is a lot of if, buts, maybes and other questions involved here, but don't you think it's time to actually try and do something as opposed to having these "semi-annual" discussions that appear to only make everyone cynical with every cycle? m2:
Lee Lansford
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OneOutOfMany
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Generally, I would not put myself in that category but I'd rather be an optimist in my attempt to at least try and do something about this very messed up industry of ours. It looks like the majority of my peers who provided feedback to my original message are just plain cynical at this point (absolutely no disrespect to anyone, but I doubt everyone started out that way).
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I'm not cynical, just a realist.
Fact is, appraisal organizations already exist, complete with lobbying. But many appraisers don't want to join them, and insist on forming their own organization to do something different. All that does is guarantee that the pie is divided further and ensures there will never be unity. That's not cynical; that's reality.
Fact is, appraisal organizations already exist, complete with lobbying. But many appraisers don't want to join them, and insist on forming their own organization to do something different. All that does is guarantee that the pie is divided further and ensures there will never be unity. That's not cynical; that's reality.
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