Some Hints for Swifter Turn TimesThe appraisal profession is evolving continuously. Regularly, it seems, appraisers are asked to offer more information or have steps added to their process. All of this is to ensure the end user is presented with the best analysis that can be achieved. To keep up with the always changing requirements, Home Analytics is always acquiring new tools and tweaking processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for our clients. Since Home Analytics knows that time is important to everyone, we've listed some tips you can do to lower turn times when you order an appraisal with Home Analytics:
- Are you ordering appraisals online? When you order online, you get automatic e-mail confirmations that the request was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. It's the single biggest time saver available to both of us! We don't have to retype information from a fax, and nor will you wonder whether we received the order.
- Complete and accurate subject property information is essential. There's nothing like being one number off on the street address to unnecessarily interrupt an appraisal assignment. And if you have a tax parcel number, plat map number, subdivision name or anything else that uniquely identifies the property, please pass it along. We even welcome lists of recent sales from the area — though be advised that professional appraisers must always do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may be different from yours.
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If you have any questions about your property or an appraisal we're working on for you, don't hesitate to contact us |
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- Are you letting us know up front any features of the property that might make it unique? It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter home. What takes time is analyzing how differing details add to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. When ordering your report, let us know if there are unique features of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's had a recent addition put on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, and it's predisposed to flooding. These are things we will find out on our own anyway, and knowing them as early as possible will likely make your report arrive without delay.
- Be sure the occupants know the plan. Confirming an inspection time and date with the homeowner can be one of the most tedious tasks in the appraisal process. Many homeowners are clearly uneasy with the notion that an outsider wants to come in their home, look around, and make copious notes. One common belief is that they have to make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection, thinking that will make the house appraise higher . So they reschedule the inspection until they have cleaned.
Hearing from you -- a trusted party with whom they are already working -- some information about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't make a significant difference in their home's value, will help move the process along for everyone. Our website has numerous pages of useful information about the appraisal process for homeowners. I encourage you to share it with your customers. Tell them to call us if they want to meet the staff and learn more about our services. And tell them it benefits them to set the appointment without delay!
- Our website is a great resource for keeping tabs on the status of your report. Why are you still playing phone and fax tag when our website offers up-to-the-minute status updates available online, anytime, 24/7? As we complete each important milestone in an assignment, that information is available to you online. It's never been easier to keep track of your report's status.
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