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March 2019

  • Expert witness for residential appraisers – Yes, No or Maybe
  • The Appraisal Industry at the Crossroads of Change and Re-invention By Tony Pistilli
  • Five Powerful Software Progams for Every Real Estate Appraiser By Wayne Pugh

February 2019

  • What is a Bedroom?
  • How to get referrals from real estate agents
  • Home measurement services – how to use your appraisal skills to make money

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USPAP Enforcement Table 2018  By Barry Bates

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Past issues  2016 – 2019

January 2019

  • How to collect all your billings. Don’t work for free!!
  • Planning for 2019 – Set up a budget to manage your income and expenses
  • New Year’s Resolutions. Set goals for 2019 and how you will accomplish them
  • How to get business by networking at meetings

December 2018

  • Your Website – the easiest and fastest way to get non-lender work!!
  • 2018 year-end tax planning for appraisers. What you can do now to save on your 2018 taxes
  • Marketing with holiday gifts and cards – an Easy and Most Excellent Marketing Tool!!
  • InRoute Planner – map your real estate data with the quickest route

November 2018

  • Business slow? Non-lender appraisals are an excellent option! Full Fees, No AMCs, No CU, No UAD!!
  • Speaking at real estate sales meetings is an easy way to market your business
  • Why you should join an appraisal association by Joseph Lynch
  • Network of state appraisal associations (NSAO) contact list
  • Appraisal Organizations List

October 2018

  • Should you do non-lender work? Pluses and minuses of both lender appraisals and each different type of non-lender appraisal.
  • Relocation appraisals – clients that pay well and really want to know what a property is worth By Rachel Massey, SRA, AI-RRS
  • How an NMLS-Type Structure for Valuation Benefits Appraisers, Lenders, and   Consumers by James Murrett, MAI, SRA
  • What is the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS)?
  • Answers and Solutions for Tough Appraiser Questions & Client Demands. A Reference Guide to Associated Laws, Rules, and Regulations, Volume One (Book Review) By Richard Hagar, SRA Buy This Book!! Plus two Sample Q&As and full Table of Contents

September 2018

  • Why, Why, Why? Why do we put “stats”, “graphs”, “data,” and “science” together? By George Dell MAI, SRA, ASA, CDEI
  • Disability – your greatest risk
  • How to get started in commercial appraising: 5+ unit apartments
  • Protecting your privacy. Are Facebook, Uber, Amazon and Apple tracking you? By Wayne Pugh MAI, CRE, CCIM, FRICS

August 2018

USPAP Enforcement Table 2018  By Barry Bates

  • Appraising – from the Middle Ages to now Michael Yovino-Young
  • Appraising over 3,000 years ago
  • Appraisers and the Big Short: Tricks & Traps for Avoiding Market Blindness by Barry Bates
  • “Retirement” for fee appraises: when, why, and lots of options
  • Residential vs. commercial lender fee appraisals-fee, reports, reviews, etc.

July 2018

  • 2018 E&O Insurance Update – where to get E&O insurance, state board complaints, your biggest risks, etc.
  • Valuation by Comparison, 2nd Edition. Buy This Book!!
  • Tips, Trends & Takeaways: What is Happening with E&O Insurance Today  By Elaine Matternas

June 2018

  • Fannie: Inspection waivers, hybrids, UAD and forms changes – where is residential lender appraising going? Part 1
  • What’s new at the ASB and AQB? Hybrids, ASB online forum, experience practicum, etc.
  • Use Evernote to easily organize your data by Wayne Pugh, MAI, CR3E, FRICS, CCIM
  • Preface to The Enforcement Table: Competence, Ethics and Fraud
  • The USPAP Enforcement Table by Barry Bates

May 2018

  • Will another profession replace appraisers? By George Dell, MAI, SRA, ASA, CDEI
  • What’s up with Fannie’s CU? Public records, comps, Risk Scores, peer data discrepancies, new forms, UAD changes etc.
  • Collateral Underwriter or Collateral Underminer: Risk Score Manipulation? By Brian Musto
  • What really happens with State Regulator USPAP Enforcement? By Barry Bates
  • Temptations in the 1004 by field name. Error or Ethics? Competence or Conduct? Most often? Which? by Barry Bates

April 2018

NOTE: 3 column newsletter is black and white (no color) this month to reduce large file size because of  large number of graphs and tables.

  • Quick Start – how to get non-lender work ASAP – Part 1
  • Mom, Dad, when I grow up, I want to be an appraiser! By Barry Bates
  • What will happen to residential mortgage lending in 2018?

March 2018

  • Why I am an appraiser
  • What being designated means to me by Rachel Massey, SRA, AI-RRS
  • Fujitsu Scan Snap iX500 scanner – fast, easy to use By R. Wayne Pugh, MAI
  • What is a functionally obsolete appraiser? by Richard Hagar, SRA

February 2018

  • Staying positive with unreasonable fees, excessive Scope Creep from AMCs, etc.
  • New liability issues: Hybrid appraisals, appraiser identity fraud, etc.
  • Do you have to be crazy to appraise real estate? By Barry Bates

January 2018

  • How to connect with appraisers online. What’s the best way for you?
  • Is there a ban on evidence based valuation? by George Dell, MAI, SRA, ASA, CDEI
  • Is it jUSt PAP? by Barry Bates
  • How the new tax law affects appraisal businesses -pass-throughs and estate tax

December  2017

  • 2018-2019 USPAP – What You Need To Know
  • How to get into trouble: 8 Great ways for real estate appraisers!! By Barry Bates
  • Mile IQ – an easy way to track your mileage and have an audit-proof tax return By Wayne Pugh, MAI, CRE, CCIM, FRICS

November  2017

  • Estate and trust- the most popular non-lender appraisals, Part 2
  • Estate/trust liability advice from Peter Christensen, Liability Insurance Administrators
  • Fannie and Freddie, The Ill Conceived Siblings It’s All About The Money! By Barry Bates
  • 2017 year-end tax planning for appraisers. What you can do now to save on taxes.

October  2017

  • An Appraiser Gets Audited by the IRS! My Story…
  • Appraisals for estates and trust – the most popular non-lender appraisals Part 1
  • Fannie and Freddie are Not Your Friends by Barry Bates

September  2017

  • Is the Traditional Appraisal Process Becoming Obsolete? By George Dell MAI, SRA
  • What’s happening in state and federal appraisal regulations? Statute of limitations, Evaluations, AVM QC, Appraisal Waivers, Etc.
  • Geocam Pro – get augmented geo data in your smartphone photos by Wayne Pugh MAI, CRE, FRICS, CCIM. This is a great inexpensive app!!
  • Horror (& Harhar) Tales from the Field (aka War Stories) from beginners, veterans, and ancient valuers by Barry Bates My favorite is the Short Appraisal Tales with the Fun Headlines!!

August  2017

Appraisal Today 8-17 issue  – Traditional 3 column format

Appraisal Today 8-17 no columns  – wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

2017 E&O Insurance Update – where to get E&O insurance, state board complaints – your biggest risk, etc.

The Shape Shifting Appraiser. What are the 2027 Options for Appraisers? by Barry Bates

Bates Commercial TLA Report Template v3.0

July 2017

Appraisal+Today+7-17+issue – Traditional 3 column format

Appraisal Today-7-17 no columns – wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

Fannie and Freddie – what do they really say about risk scores, 1004mc, forms redesign, data discrepancies, etc.?

Housing values in Colorado are going up in smoke (All About Marijuana) by Tony Pistilli

Vacation time for appraisers. Just Do It!! by Doug Smith. A Timely Topic!!

Working on the regulatory side: the Future of the Residential Appraiser (Part Deux) by Barry Bates.

June 2017

Appraisal Today 6-17 issue – Traditional 3 column format

Appraisal Today 6-17 no columns  – wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

Appraisal Today newsletter 25th Anniversary!! Changes over the past 25 years. What a wild ride it has been!! Fees, AMCs, Fannie, etc. etc.

Survival for the residential appraiser: How I learned to stop working and love the AVM that put me out of business! By Barry Bates

Appraisal Today 6-12 issue original

Bates Commercial TLA Report Template v3.0

May 2017

Appraisal Today 5-17 issue – Traditional 3 column format

Appraisal Today 5-17 no columns – wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

Fannie Fiction and Fact: comp selection, adjustments, market conditions, appraisal resubmissions, and lots more, including AQM and Risk Scores.

Fannie Mae allows trainees. – will it make a difference? by Alan F. Simmons, SRPA

The cutting edge and user friendly way to schedule home appraisals.. are you ready?

Appraisal Today! No Appraisal Tomorrow? by Barry Bates. Very interesting and humorous analysis of appraising from the past to today, focusing on AVMs plus other hot issues.

April 2017

Appraisal Today 4-17 issue – Traditional 3 column format

Appraisal Today 4-17 no columns – wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

How to get near the top of Google searches for FREE with no web site required!!

Residential Cost Approach  Part 2 –  Reconciliation, obsolescence, sample comments By Denis Desaix, MAI, SRA

Get started in attorney work by doing divorce appraisals – much higher fees, no UAD, no underwriters, no AMCs

Why Does Regression Not Work? By George Dell, MAI, SRA, ASA

Is there really an appraisal shortage now? Info from a recent webinar with interesting data and comments from Fannie and others

March  2017

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Appraisal Today 3-17 issue – Traditional 3 column format

Appraisal Today 3-17 no columns – wordprocessing style – read on your computer, tablet or smartphone

Residential Cost Approach: complying with USPAP when lenders require the Cost Approach

How to get started in commercial appraising: 5+ unit apts. Higher fees, steadier work, no AMCs, etc.

Appraiser surveys: blacklisting, regs/enforcement, background checks, pressure, liability issues, etc.

February 2017

Appraisal Today 2-17 issue – Traditional 3 column format

Appraisal Today 2-17 issue no columns– wordprocessing style – read on your computer or tablet

Seeing the forest through the trees. Look at your adjusted comp sales price range.

Residential Highest and Best Use Analysis: more than Just a “Check box”

Fee and turn time surveys – appraisers vs. lenders

Mortgage volume change graph 2013-2017


January 2017

Appraisal Today 1-17 issue – Traditional 3 column format

Appraisal Today 1-17 issue no columns – wordprocessing style – read on your computer or tablet

Is the New AMC business model broken?

Meet the New Boss – CU by Jared Mickel, SRA, RG.

New Year’s resolutions for 2017. Set goals for 2017 and how you will accomplish them!

What’s up in technology – TracR by Wayne Pugh, MAI, CRE, CCIM, FRICS

December 2016

Appraisal Today 12-16 issue – Traditional 3 column format

Appraisal Today 12-16 no-columns – wordprocessing style – read on your computer or tablet

2016 year-end tax planning for appraisers. What you can do now to save money on your 2016 taxes!!

Marketing with holiday gifts and cards. An Easy and Most Excellent marketing tool

Practical tips for dealing with complex residential appraisals

November, 2016

Appraisal Today 11-16 Issue – 3 column format – Traditional 3 column format

Appraisal Today 11-16 issue – no columns  – wordprocessing style – read on your computer or tablet

Fannie’s Property Inspection Waiver (no appraisal) available December 10, 2016. What does it mean for you?

How appraisers get into trouble using email, social media, online postings, face-to-face conversations, etc. Is there any communication that is private?

State Appraisal Boards: Appraiser Discipline and E&O Insurance By Peter Christensen

Want to do appraisals for lenders but not for AMCs? Private money lending – no UAD or CE, computer “reviewers”, or being treated like you kow nothing!!

October, 2016

Appraisal Today 10-16 issue  – traditional 3-column format

Appraisal Today 10-16 issue no columns  – wordprocessing style – read on your computer or tablet

Fees are going way up!! How to get higher appraisal fees during this boom time By Ann O’Rourke, MAI, SRA and Doug Smith, SRA, AI-RRS How Corelogic’s purchase of RELS last year started the fee increases and lots more info.

USPAP 2017-2019 2nd Exposure Draft – what has changed? Comments due by October 14, 2015. Draft reports just won’t go away.

Pro Camera 9 – a great photo app for appraisers – only $4.99!! by Wayne Pugh, MAI, SRA

September, 2016

Appraisal Today 9-16 issue   – traditional 3-column format

Appraisal Today 9-16 issue no columns   – wordprocessing style – read on your computer or tablet

AMCs tell all to residential appraisers by Joe Lynch

Real Estate Damages, third edition, 3rd Edition, an excellent book

The Art of Appraising-what Big Data and Analysis misses and what it means for you

GLA adjustments using cost per sq.ft. method – understandable and easy to use by Dave Towne

August, 2016

Appraisal Today 8-16 issue revised – traditional 3-column format

Appraisal Today 8-16 issue no columns revised – wordprocessing style – read on your computer or tablet

Will Collateral Underwriter destroy residential lender appraising?

Manage multiple appraisal deadlines to increase your productivity by Doug Smith, SRA, AI-RRS

Two reasons why appraisers should not use statistics by George Dell MAI, SRA, ASA

Who’s on your approved client list and why?

Client Rating Grid

July, 2016

AAppraisal Today July 2016 issue traditional 3 column format

Appraisal-Today July 2016 issue no columns   – wordprocessing style – read on your computer or tablet

Who are your most and least profitable clients? Look at how much you make per hour, not just the fee

Sample Time Sheet

How to manage your email to save time and reduce your stress!!

Using regression analysis in everyday appraisal practice by Doug Smith, SRA

LandGlide Review By Wayne Pugh, MAI, CRE, CCIM, FRICS

Comments on last month’s E&O article

June, 2016

2016 E&O Insurance Update – where to get E&O, prior acts, state board complaints, E&O Myth

How do upgrades affect UAD Condition and Quality Ratings? By Rachel Massey, AI-RRS

Q&A – FHA attic inspection requirements by Doug Smith, SRA, AI-RRS

May, 2016

Practical tips on qualifying the 1004MC and preparing a Market Conditions Summary

Data Science. What is it? What does it mean for appraisers?

No man’s land & the aggressive real estate market

How to handle rapidly increasing prices in your market

YIPES (humor)

What is a bedroom? by Doug Smith, SRA, AI-RRS

Issues with the 1004mc – a closer look by George Dell, MAI, SRA, ASA

What’s up in technology by Wayne Pugh, MAI, CRE, CCIM, FRICS

Your Web Site – the easiest and fastest way to get non-AMC work!

March, 2016

Adjustment, Part 2 – what are the best adjustment methods for your market?

Reviewer as mind reader by Rachel Massey, SRA, AI-RSS

Curable Queries – Bracketing and SFR vs. Duplex by Doug Smith, SRA, AI-RSS

1004MC – the good, the bad, and what Fannie says

Statistical errors in the 1004MC by George Dell, MAI, SRA

February, 2016

Adjustments Part 1 – Are you making too many adjustments?

Identifying Residential Architectural Styles by Mark Nadeau, SRA – Book review

Two good, practical residential books, with very good tips on adjustments – Book reviews

The Dictionary of Real Estate Appraisal, 6th Edition – Book review

Support vs. proof for adjustments by Bob Keith

January, 2016

The Internet, Big Data and the Art of Appraising. The past, the present and the future.

Setting appraiser New Year’s resolutions for 2016 and how to accomplish your goals

Include an Executive Summary in your appraisal reports By Dave Towne

A Catfight over Appraisal Standards, The Decline and Fall of the Residential Appraiser, etc. By Owen Glendower