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Who "owns" The "appraisal Report"?

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Wrong. Data is data. Interpretation and analysis of the data relates to the intertpretor/analyzer of such data.

Just checking, so if You gather the appropriate data; interpret it within your marketplace via the knowledge & expertise you have acquired over time and then analyze it all to form an opinion and then put pen to paper for an end result, it then becomes a copy write. In order to assemble the data gathered, you are required to follow legal ease in the assembly, but it requires; your expertise / knowledge / knowhow / education (are they not always screaming about education) and assembly in a particular format, but the data does not fit the format without your wisdom /knowledge/knowhow and technique. So you all are giving this Up for; $200 / $300 / $400 - what Value is that package worth ? And where are the Royalties for the Unintended Use(r) who acquires your work on a Transfer / Bundling / Etc. ?

And some unintended user wants to come back 10 years later and sue ? They were never an Intended User of Origination, or thereafter, they have obtained the Report illegally, and this is in accordance with........FNMA / USPAP etc.; dunno, sounds a little suspicious don't ya think.
 
Ask your supervisory appraiser, if you choose.
 
You know nothing about the scientific method, and verification of results based on procedures accepted by peers.
Ah, those elusive "peers" whomever they are / were / etc. I heard a professor - retired now - give a talk about how the "scientific method" had been discarded by the modern generation and that instead of dispassionate discourse among the general scientific community, most "scientists" now were vetting their work with their own clique of "peers" and then tearing down any criticism thereof on the opposing side. He argued that had always been somewhat the case but it was far worse now than in the past. He pointed out that because so much is done by modeling rather than actual physical experiment, experiment (like in the super collider project) are often done only once in support of a model and not "verified" by multiple efforts.

Data can be good, bad, or in between.

The troubling aspect of the letter I should also have posted. Namely, that they determined whether or not it complied with USPAP and they were not required to pay me if it didn't meet their interpretation of USPAP. My understanding is, as a regulated bank, they have no such authority and should have to determine "compliance" from some third party...not themselves.

I was on the phone with a long time banker friend. I had done a report about a year ago and title issues ended up costing them a full year of court costs, etc. (to clear the title in a division between bro. and sister...even though it wasn't contested.) The banker asked what it would cost to update the report which is now a full 12 months old. I gave him a quote. He said, "I'll send this off to get it ordered, but I may have committed two felonies for even talking to you..." :)
 
Disclosures like Resguy posted show that Fanniemae is not sure about property rights, imo. Wasn't it FNMA that posted a similar disclosure to Resguy's disclosures as a recommendation to appraisers as a solution to certification #23. But that also tells me FNMA is not sure about certification #23 relative to business law and business property rights and who "owns" what.

That is the reason it would take a court of law or a professional lawyer or marketing consultant to determine those business rights and who owns them. The lawyer and marketing consultant could only provide advice and support based on business law, but it would ultimately require government to settle it. Notice even FNMA treaded lightly on the subject and that is the way most business is when we don't know what we are talking about and stepping outside of our area of expertise. Especially when it comes to business law and business trade.
 
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unfunny. enjoy our next prez. i will wait for that dumb bloke to make his 20 min rant against billary.
 
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