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Should You Upgrade Your Home?July 2, 2020Should you upgrade your home? Why This is For Appraisers Too If you saw part... -
Upgrades: Is It Worth Keeping Up With The Joneses?June 25, 2020This post was written in the voice of and with the perspective, invaluable experiences...
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Neighborhood Analysis in a NutshellJune 17, 2020Appraisal Business, appraiser information, Data, DataMaster Software, Resources for Real Estate AppraisersDo You Know Why and How? Neighborhood Analysis is something that every appraiser uses in...
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So Hot It Burns! Appraising Solar.June 1, 2020Do You Value Solar Panels? Is solar worth it? Have you appraised enough homes with...
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Exterior Only Appraisals & Temporary FlexibilitiesMay 8, 2020Exterior Only Appraisals & Temporary Flexibilities This week, the National Association of Appraisers (NAA) sent...
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COVID-19 Appraisal Update: Do You Need to Update Your Market Template?April 30, 2020The latest news on appraising during COVID-19 Trying to keep up with the latest appraisal...
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Flexible Appraising During Covid-19April 16, 2020Obstacles require flexibility to overcome. This article was written by Rick Lifferth, Marty Hamilton, and...
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Appraising During COVID-19April 6, 2020Appraising during Covid-19 means making adjustments! Introduction Fannie Mae's Announcement Who could have predicted what the first...
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A Message from RickMarch 31, 2020With the uncertainty about the spread of COVID-19, like you, we are concerned about the...
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Plat Maps For Appraisers at Your FingertipsMarch 12, 2020Plat Maps Made Easy! As Easy As Possible! We're determined to make appraisers' lives as easy...
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Is the Customer Always Right?March 5, 2020Good customer service means five stars with a smile! Is the customer always right? This...
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Advertise Locally for Free with FacebookFebruary 17, 2020Make your business rise above the rest! So you're an appraiser now and you're doing...
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Manage Your Data, Don't Let It Manage You!January 29, 2020It's all about managing your data! How Are You Managing Your Data? All successful appraisers know...
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Let the Appraiser Decide!January 20, 2020Appraisers want their software customizable. Appraisal software is sometimes misunderstood by appraisers and other real...
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Twelve of the Top Appraisal Posts of 2019December 23, 2019As 2019 winds to a close, let's take a look at some of the...
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Q & A for Advisory Opinion 38November 19, 2019Advisory Opinion 38: Content of an Appraisal Report and Restricted Appraisal Report originally appeared...
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9 Myths About Real Estate AppraisalsNovember 19, 2019If you’ve bought or sold a home, you might think that you know all...
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iBuyers and Real EstateOctober 31, 2019Everyone wants a piece of the pie! Real estate professionals have weathered a lot of...
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Ten Resources for Real Estate AppraisersOctober 16, 2019Residential appraisers are a fantastic bunch of professionals. Independent, hard-working, intelligent, and highly trained,...
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Three Appraisal Approaches to ValueSeptember 30, 2019Three Different Approaches When finding the value of a property, appraisers commonly use one or...
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A Cheat Sheet: Evaluations vs AppraisalsSeptember 20, 2019Introduction Real estate evaluations have increased substantially in the last decade. As more and...
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Seven Tips for Mastering Self-ImprovementSeptember 5, 2019Better Today Than Yesterday Are you better today than you were yesterday? How about last...
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Spend Some Appraisal Time to Get More...Time!August 6, 2019Work. Sometimes it feels like that’s all adulting is about! American adults spend an...
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Confidentiality in Appraising: Definitions and GuidanceJune 7, 2019Just how important is confidentiality to an appraiser? Let's put it this way: You...
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Advisory Opinion 37 - USPAP & TechnologyMay 28, 2019Advisory Opinion 37, Computer Assisted Valuation Tools was originally included in the 2018-2019 version...
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3 Articles to Read Today to be a Better AppraiserApril 1, 2019As appraisers, we don't often talk about delighting our clients and customers. We rely...
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6 Ways to Grow your Appraisal BusinessMarch 22, 2019Grow Your Business When it comes to your appraisal business, there are a number of...
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Is Self-Improvement Important to Your Business?March 18, 2019Self-Improvement Starts with You When I think of self-improvement, the first thing I think of...
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Here's What I Do To Get Myself Out Of A RutDecember 7, 2018Who hasn't been in a rut? It's one of the most common things in...
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Five Ways Appraisers Can Be More EfficientNovember 7, 2018We all do things that make us less efficient than we could be. Most...
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(Not) Another Networking Article!November 2, 2018When business is slow, the first thing anyone will tell you to do is...
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5 Ways to Future-Proof Your Appraisal BusinessAugust 28, 2018Last week, Jared Preisler, SRA, DataMaster's Chief Appraiser and I held an hour-long webinar/podcast...
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Hybrid AppraisalsApril 27, 2018It's just one of those facts of life that things change. It's definitely no...
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Best Appraisal Blogs of the Year (So Far)April 20, 2018It seems like most days are the same: I wake up and get into...
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5 Qualities Residential Appraisers Tend to HaveMarch 9, 2018There's no question that birds of a feather flock together. These are some of...
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