When do you decide to decline the order ?

[Mike Boyd]

I don't turn anything down. I refer them to my sons Greg or Jeff.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

I don't turn anything down. I refer them to my sons Greg or Jeff.

Bad daddy, bad daddy

 

[chad hampton]

I decline them all the time. For any reason I want. Generally not after I've been to the house though. If I can't find decent comps, or if I know that I'll spend the next 2 weeks on the phone due to the home not being a cookie cutter, I decline it.

I'll let another appraiser waste his time talking to reviewers :new_llying:

 

[Don Clark]

It Depends

I decline an order at anytime in the process that I believe it would be in my best interest to decline the assignment:

Examples:

1. A triplex that sits on top of a church. Only access is exterior stairs. This would be a complex commercial and residential combination appraisal.

2. The subject was supposed to be a small 1 story. It is 60 miles from my office. It was in fact a 2 story. I did not want to make another trip after researching for a different property type. My normal radius if less than 50 miles from my office.

3. I knew the reputation of the owner. She was a b*$ch and treated all who came to her house as dirt. She lived in what looked like a castle(she believed she was a princess). later, her brother killed her mother in the house.

There are many more examples, but, as I said, I decline when it is my best interest.

 

[Ray Miller]

I don't decline orders.

I tell them, up front, that there are no guarantees. They ask for a value, I provide it. That is my job. I collect at the door or they agree to pay regarless of outcome. They get the report. There is no bull**** about comps. there is no bull**** about condition. They hire me to tell them what it is worth. Not to make the deal. Not to meet some UW conditions. They agree to my terms, or THEY decline the assignment.

Sounds good to me.

GP hit the nail on the head several times here.

 

[Doug Wegener]

I turn down assignments if they are beyond the scope of my license. I turn them down if they are too far away. I turn them down if the fee is too low. I turn them down if payment is not made in advance (some exceptions apply). I turn them down if they want a guarantee of value. Sometimes I will turn them down if I know the assignment will be a PITA.

 

[Mountain Man]

About the only reason I'll decline an order is because of the client or customer's attitude. Otherwise, I let my fees do the declining... my fees are based on the complexity and how much time it'll take. If I can do 2 or 3 appraisals in the time it takes to do one, that's they fee they'll have to pay. If they don't want to pay it, they can go find some newly registered who is willing to do work outside of their license level.

 

[Greg Bell]

I decline orders that interfere with my beer drinking..

 

[Webbed Feet]

To All,

The day I finally catch an appraiser, in a way I can document it, inspecting a subject and then backing out of the assignment because they cannot hit the "needed value" and charging a "Trip Fee" .........or charging nothing at all even.

That's the day I file a State board complaint on their *** the same day.

Barry Dayton

P.S. I tend to beleive some of you who decline when you can't find somewhat good comparable for the subject really mean when you think the value is not going to be there to make the loan or sale work. Not that it's hard to appraise in general, because you could charge for the time for that. I can say that if what you are doing is pre-appraising in order to avoid later value conflicts that I don't think much of your practice in this trade.

 

[Ms. Janet]

Bad daddy, bad daddy