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January 2023
- • Get started in attorney work by doing divorce appraisals – significantly higher fees, no UAD, no underwriters, no AMCs
- • Speaking at real estate sales meetings is an easy way to market your appraisal business
- • Book Review – Identifying Residential Architectural Styles by Marc Nadeau
December 2022
- • 2022 Year-end tax planning for appraisers. Its’s not too late to save on your 2022 taxes!
- • Book Review: Residential Market Analysis and Highest and Best Use, by Mark Ratterman – reviewed by Joe Lynch
- • Appraiser’s Heavy Loads – USPAP, GSES, Public Trust, Protect the Client, by Tim Andersen Marketing with holiday gifts and cards – An Easy and Most Excellent Marketing Tool
November 2022
- Communicating with non-lender clients: Very, very different from lenders!!
- Tips for dealing with complex residential appraisals by Joseph Lynch
October 2022
- Appraisals for estates and trusts – the most popular non-lender appraisals, Part 2
- AEI’s Housing Market Indicators Report, by Wayne Pugh, MAI, FRICS, CCIM
- Purchase and Sales Agreements, by Tim Andersen
- Which are your best current and former AMC/lender clients? What do they want?
- Client Rating Grid
September 2022
- How to get a FREE Google Business Profile. Excellent way to get more appraisal business!
- Fact vs. Fiction. Don’t let these four appraiser liability myths trip you up by Peter Christensen
- Appraisals for estates and trusts – the most popular non-lender appraisals, Part 1
- Estate/trust liability advice from Peter Christensen
- How land contributes to value, by Jamie Owen
August 2022
- Comparison of lender and non-lender appraisals– Page 1
- What is a functionally obsolete appraiser, by Richard Hagar, SRA – Page 6
- Markets are changing. What does USPAP say about trends, by Tim Anderson, MAI– Page 10
July 2022
- E& O Insurance Update 2022 – Claims, State Boards, Discrimination, etc., by Claudia Gaglione, Esq & Madga Pretorius, Risk & Claims Analyst, LIA – Page 1
- First Notice of Claim: Some Do’s and Don’ts – Page 4
- 2022 E&0 Insurance – Where to Get E&O Insurance, What to Look For in a Policy, etc. – Page 6
- 2022 E&O Insurance Brokers – Page 11
- Risk Management for Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Firms – Book Review, by Ann O’Rourke – Page 12
June 2022
- Appraisal Today Newsletter 30th Anniversary-Changes over the past 30 years-What a wild ride it has been! – Page 1
- Residential appraisal forms from the 1960s to today – Page 3
- Revisiting the Green Hornet, by George Opelka – Page 4
- Computers, Mobile Devices and Digital Cameras – Page 6
- From EDI to UAD – Appraisal Data Standards and Data Transmission – Page 9
- Mortgage lending from the 1870s to today – Page 10
- How the Internet changed appraising – Page 14
- Present and Past Appraisal Forecasts – Page 16
May 2022
- What is required for the 1004/Desktop Appraisal? – Page 1
- CubiCasa – Accuracy, Cost, Ease of Use, ANSI , Etc. – Page 10
- Mortgage Loan Volume Index Graph 1-22 to 4-22 – Page 12
- ANSI and USPAP – Confidentiality, by Tim Andersen – Page 14
April 2022
- How to handle a “low” appraisal, by Tim Andersen MAI – Page 1
- Engagement Letters, by Claudia Gaglione – Page 4
- Is it just USPAP? by Barry Bates – Page 6
- Pocket App for saving information, by Wayne Pugh MAI – Page 9
- Do tandem bedrooms and garages impact value?, by Jamie Owen – Page 11
March 2022
- Who Said I Agreed to be an Expert?, by Claudia Gaglione – Page 1
- Review: Measuring Square Footage with ANSI 2021: Home Measurement Textbook, by Hamp Thomas Jan. 9, 2022 – Page3
- ANSI and Appraisers, Real Estate Agents and MLS – and what it means, by Hamp Thomas – Page 6
- What do you want/need to know about ANSI? – Page 8
- Review of available ANSI classes – Page 10
- How do we value a house with a HUGE non-permitted addition? – Page 12
February 2022
- Why did Fannie select ANSI 765-2021? Which appraisers are using ANSI now? – Page 1
- Fannie vs. ANSI – similar with some differences – Page 5
- Who developed ANSE Z765-2021 and Who approved the 2021 changes? – Page 9
- ANSI Resources – Page 13
- Sloped ceilings, stairs and below grade issues – Page 14
- Does My Neighborhood Really Need to be Analyzed? – Part 11, by Tim Andersen, MAI – Page 17
January 2022
- Construction progress reports, by Claudia Gaglione, Esq. – Page 1
- Does My Neighborhood Really Need to be Analyzed? – What Fannie Says, by Tim Andersen, MAI – Part 1 – Page 3
- New Year’s Resolutions. Set goals for 2022 and plan how you will accomplish them – Page 7
- When the Best Comps are Four Years Old, by Ryan Lundquist – Page 9
- If you like Tim’s Article on Page 3, Buy this Book! 36 Answers you need now to help you Master Neighborhood Analysis (2nd Edition) – Page 13