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• Fannie Mae 1004 and USPAP – Neighborhood by Tim Andersen, MAI
• Appraising in a changing market by Joe Lynch and Supplemental Addendum

June, 2023

• Appraisal Today 6-23 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 6-23 no columns –  word processing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• How to get referrals from real estate agents
• Your Website/Blog – The Easiest and Fastest Way to Get Non-lender work!
• Appraising the Tough Ones Creative Ways To Value Complex Residential Properties  Book Review

May 2023

• Appraisal-Today-5-23 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal-Today-5-23-no-columns–  word processing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• Assessment Appeals – Marketing, Reassessment Opportunities, Fees, Critical dates, etc
• The Valuation of Condominiums, Cooperatives, and PUDs – Book Review
• Limiting Conditions and Assumptions. Appraiser Humor. By Deane Wilson, ASA

April 2023

• Appraisal Today 4-23 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 4-23 no columns –  word processing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• Home Measurement Services – How to Use Your Appraisal Skills to Make More Money
• How to get started in commercial appraising: 5+ unit apartments
• Making adjustments in today’s market by Doug Smith, SRA

March 2023

• Appraisal Today 3-23 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 3-23 no columns –  word processing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• Many ways to cut costs and increase profits and cash flow
• How to use less gasoline and save money with today’s high gas prices!
• How to get no-lender business by networking at meetings
• Staying positive with low fees, AMC hassles and slow business

• February 2023

  • Appraisal Today 2-23 – traditional 3-column format
  • Appraisal Today 2-23 no columns –  word processing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• Expert witness for residential appraisers – High Fees, Little competition
• Bail Bond appraisals – all cash, very high fees, little competition

January 2023

• Appraisal Today 1-23 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 1-23 no columns –  word processing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• 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

• Appraisal Today 12-22 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 12-22 no columns –  word processing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• 2022 year-end tax planning for appraisers. It’s not too late to save on your 2022 taxes!
• Book Review: Residential Market Analysis and Highest and Best Use by Mark Ratterman, MAI, SRA Reviewer: Joe Lynch
• Appraisers’ Heavy Loads USPAP, GSEs, Public Trust, Protect the Client by Tim Andersen, MAI
• Marketing with Holiday Gifts and Cards – An Easy, Excellent Marketing Tool!

November 2022

• Appraisal Today 11-22 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 11-22 no columns –  word processing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• Communicating with non-lender clients: Very, very different from lenders!!
• Tips for dealing with complex residential appraisals by Joseph Lynch NOTE: The photos of examples in this article can be difficult to read in the 3 column format above. To see better quality photos, use the word processing style newsletter above starting on page 20. 

October 2022

• Appraisal Today 10 -22  – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 10-22 no columns  –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone
• 10-22 Client Rating Grid – Word processing file (.rtf – open with any word processing software)  You can modify it.

• 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, MAI
• Which are your best current and former AMC/lender clients? What do they want?
• Client Rating Grid

September 2022

• Appraisal-Today-9-22    – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 9-22 no columns –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• • • 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, by Peter Christensen
    • Appraisals for estates and trusts – the most popular non-lender appraisals
    • Estate/trust liability advice from Peter Christensen
    • How land contributes to value, by Jamie Owen

August 2022

• Appraisal Today 8-22 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 8-22-no-columns  –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• Comparison of lender and non-lender appraisals
• What is a functionally obsolete appraiser, by Richard Hagar, SRA
• Markets are changing. What does USPAP say about trends, by Tim Andersen, MAI

July 2022

• Appraisal Today 7-22 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 7-22 no columns  –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• E&O Insurance Update 2022 – Claims, State Boards, Discrimination, etc.\
• First Notice of Claim: Some Do’s and Dont’s, by Claudia Gaglione, Esq.
• 2022 E&O Insurance – Where to Get Insurance, What to look for in a policy, etc.
• 2022 E&O Insurance Brokers
• Risk Management for Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Firms – Book Review

June 2022

• Appraisal Today 6-22 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal-Today 6-22 no columns  –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• Appraisal Today newsletter 30th Anniversary. Changes over the past 30 years. What a wild ride it has been!
• Residential appraisal forms from the 1960s to today
• Revisiting the Green Hornet, by George Opelka
• Computers, Mobile Devices and Digital Cameras
• From EDI to UAD – appraisal data standards and data transmission
• Mortgage lending from the 1870s to today
• How the Internet changed appraising
• Present and past appraisal forecasts

May 2022

• Appraisal Today 5-22 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 5-22 no-columns  –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• Desktops – Yes, No or Maybe?
• CubiCasa – Accuracy, Cost, Ease of Use, ANSI, etc.
• Mortgage Loan Volume Index Graph 2016 to 4-2022
• ANSI and USPAP – Confidentiality, by Tim Andersen, MAI

April 2022

• Appraisal Today 04-22 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 4-22 no columns   –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• How to handle a “low” appraisal By Tim Andersen, MAI
• Engagement Letters by Claudia Gaglione, Esq.
• Is is jUSt USPAP? by Barry Bates
• Pocket App for saving information by Wayne Pugh, MAI
• Do tandem bedrooms and garages impact value? by Jamie Owen

March 2022

• Appraisal Today 3-22 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 3-22 no columns    –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• Who Said I Agreed To Be An Expert? By Claudia Gaglione, Esq.
• Review: Measuring Square Footage with ANSI 2021: Home Measurement Textbook
• ANSI and Appraisers, real estate agents, and MLS – what it means by Hamp Thomas
• What do you want/need to know about ANSI? Many appraisers say they know ANSI but do not when questioned.
• Review of all available ANSI classes and webinars except in-person. Select what works best for you.
• How do we value a house with a HUGE non-permitted addition By Ryan Lundquist

February 2022

• Appraisal Today 2-22  – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 2-22 no columns    –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• Sloped ceilings, stairs, and below grade issues
• Why did Fannie select ANSI Z765? Which appraisers are using ANSI now?
• Fannie vs. ANSI, similar with some differences
• Who developed ANSI Z765-2021 and Who approved the 2021 changes?
• ANSI Resources
• Does my neighborhood really need to be analyzed? Part II By Tim Andersen, MAI

January 2022

• Appraisal Today 01-22 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 1-22 no-columns –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• Construction Progress Reports
• Does My Neighborhood Really Need to be Analyzed? Part 1 By Tim Andersen, MAI
• New Year’s resolutions. Set goals for 2022 and plan how you will accomplish them
• When the best comps are four years old by Ryan Lundquist
• Buy this book! 36 answers you need now! To help you master neighborhood analysis by Tim Andersen, MAI

December 2021

• Appraisal Today 12-21 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 12-21 no column –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• 2021 year-end tax planning for appraisers It’s not too late to save on your 2021 taxes!
• Marketing with holiday gifts and cards – An easy and Most Excellent Marketing Tool
• Think carefully before signing a Records Affidavit by Claudia Gaglione, Esq.
• An Appraiser Gets Audited by the IRS! My Story by Ann O’Rourke

September 2021

• Appraisal Today 09-21 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 9-21 no columns –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• Vacant Land: A Nightmare for an Appraiser By Claudia Gaglione, Esq.
• Is it okay to compare two detached units with two attached units? By Ryan Lundquist
• Don’t use only automated valuation (weighted average) from your appraisal forms software without additional reconciliationanalysis by Doug Smith, SRA
• I’m Just Going to Check the Box – Highest and Best Use

August 2021

• Appraisal Today 08-2021 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 8-21 no columns –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• Using Trainees – the Safe Way, By Claudia Gaglione, Esq.
• Part II The goal is conformity, believability, and the resulting mediocrity, By George Dell, MAI, SRA, CRE
• The Misnomer of Market Value, By David Braun, MAI, SRA
• Krisp – Noise Cancelling for Internet Conferencing By Wayne Pugh, MAI,FRICS, CCIM
• Vacation Time for Appraisers By Doug Smith, SRA, AI-RRS

July 2021

• Appraisal Today 07-21  – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 7-21 no columns –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• Limiting Liability to Third Parties By Claudia Gaglione, Esq.
• Rising Markets: When my subject is the New High Sale, Part 2 of 2, Denis Desaix, MAI, SRA
• 2021 E&O Insurance Where to get E&O insurance, most frequent claims, etc
• 2021 E&O Insurance Brokers

June 2021

• Appraisal Today 06-21  – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 6-21 no columns –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• Don’t Assume You Did it “Right” the First Time By Claudia Gaglione, Esq.
• The AMC/Lender Will Whistle a Jaunty Tune as it Throws You Under the Bus by Tim Andersen, MAI
• Seeing the forest through the trees by Rachel Massey, SRA, AI-RRS
• Rising markets when my subject is the new high sale by Denis Desaix, MAI, SRA Part 1 of 2

May 2021

• Appraisal Today 05-21  – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 5-21 no columns –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• How to communicate your reconciliation by Rachel Massey, SRA, AI-RRS
• Practical Guide to USPAP Appeasement. Only the first 24 pages matter by George Dell, MAI
• How appraisers use abductive reasoning to provide a value opinion by Tim Andersen, MAI
• Rules are made to be followed by Claudia Gaglione, Esq.
• Malwarebytes mobile security for the iPhone By Wayne Pugh, MAI

April 2021

• Appraisal Today 04-21 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 4-21 no columns –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• Retirement: To Stay or Not to Stay. That is the question!!
• Highest and Best Use of the Cost Approach, by Scott Cullen
• Review: Residential Property Appraisal by Mark Ratterman, SRA, MAI. Buy This Book!!
• Appraiser Independence Rules (AIR), AMCs, and the Appraiser, by Julie Freiss, SRA, AI-RRS

March 2021

• Appraisal Today 03-21 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 3-21 no columns –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

• Managing Multiple Appraisal Deadlines, By Doug Smith, SRA, AI-RRS
• If people can’t find you, they can’t order an appraisal or give you a referral
• Review of The “Appraisal Bible” – The Appraisal of Real Estate, 15th Edition
• Sales and financing concessions. What Fannie and USPAP say, Tim Andersen, MAI
• 20 Questions from Tim Andersen
• How affordable, really by Rachel Massey, SRA

February 2021

• Appraisal Today 02-21 – traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 2-21 no-columns –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone
• Fannie One Page Infographic on UAD and Sales Comparison Grid Sample 

• Appraisal Risk Management – Fannie’s LL-2021-01 Risk scores, appraisal defects, appraiser independence, etc.
• Make use of your driving time by exercising
• Procrastination costs you time, money and more stress, which we don’t need now!
• FHFA wants input on waivers, hybrids, new form and UAD changes, etc. by 2-26-21
• Appraisal waivers up 137% for all loan types in 2020
• Braintoss captures your thoughts, By Wayne Pugh, MAI
• Egad! UAD and Forms Reforms by George Dell, MAI, SRA, ASA, CRE

January 2021

• Appraisal Today 01-21– traditional 3-column format
• Appraisal Today 1-21- no columns  –  wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone