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How Do Driveways Affect Appraised Value?

What’s The Size of Your Driveway? By Jamie Owen Excerpt: It really depends on how the appraiser is looking at it. Are they reporting the width

1 min read 2021-11-19 23:14:46

How to Respond to a Reconsideration of Value (ROV) Request By McKissock Excerpts: While the ROV process is an appeal process, it is not to be used

1 min read 2021-10-15 21:11:40

What About Those Fixer-Uppers? Insights from a Seasoned Appraiser By Steven Vehmeier Excerpt: We’re all familiar with the term “fixer-upper.”

1 min read 2021-09-03 22:59:10

What’s Location Got to Do with It? By Steven W. Vehmeier Excerpts: We’ve all heard the old mantra that real estate is all about “location,

1 min read 2021-08-21 01:22:56

What should appraisers look for in a sales contract? By Steven W. Vehmeier Excerpt: When should we analyze the contract? Looking at the sales

1 min read 2021-08-06 21:09:17

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1 min read 2021-07-30 23:41:14

Top Ways to Defend Your Work When the Appraised Value Comes in Under Sales Price Excerpt: As a real estate appraiser, you’ve likely encountered

1 min read 2021-07-10 00:19:34

What AMCs say to appraisers and How to Respond By Steven W. Vehmeier Excerpts: A student contacted me with the following dilemma concerning an

1 min read 2021-06-04 23:05:40

Has Appraising Failed the Public Good? by Steven R. Smith, MSREA, MAI, SRA Excerpts: The term Public Good is in the opening paragraph of the Uniform

10 min read 2021-04-17 00:55:32

Pass-through Bedrooms Excerpts: This may not be a major problem if the house has sufficient bedrooms to match what is typical and expected in the

12 min read 2021-03-19 23:55:29

How to Identify a Residential Complex Property Excerpts: A complex one-to-four family residential property is defined as a property that meets at

10 min read 2021-03-13 03:35:18

Age adjustments in appraisals By Jamie Owen Excerpts: Sometimes, two homes with wide age differences can have the same effective age. For instance, a

11 min read 2021-01-23 00:24:12

My new sewer line adds huge value, right? January 19, 2021, By Ryan Lundquist Excerpt: A new sewer line. That’s what 2020 gave my family as a

9 min read 2021-01-16 01:23:28

How Surplus & Excess Land Works By Jamie Owen Excerpts: It can be easy to over-simplify value because the value is not always as clear cut as it

8 min read 2021-01-01 23:25:41

Crazy Appraiser Stories You’ve all got them… The crazy car chases, the surprising living conditions, the exotic assignments, and the unique