A Few Steps to Shorter Turn Times

The appraisal profession is evolving at all times. Every year, it seems, appraisers are asked to supply more information or have steps added to their research. All of this is to guarantee the end user gets the best data possible. To stay current with the continuously changing requirements, (208) 782-0233 is constantly researching additional tools and improving processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for our clients. Since (208) 782-0233 knows that time is important to everyone, we've listed some tips you can do to trim turn times when you order an appraisal with (208) 782-0233.

Always order your appraisals on the Internet.: When you order online, you receive automatic e-mail confirmations that the order was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This is the single biggest time saver available to both of us! We don't have to re-key information from a fax, and you don't have to wonder whether the order was received.
Are you providing complete and accurate information about the subject property?: Having just one number incorrect on the street address can really add unnecessary time to an appraisal assignment. Unique identifiers like a tax parcel number, plat map number, or subdivision name is helpful information to pass long with the request. Even a list of recent sales from the area is welcome — remember, however, that professional appraisers are lawfully required to do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours might differ from yours.
Be sure to tell us about the unique characteristics of this property.: Cookie-cutter homes are relatively easy to appraise. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how differing elements add to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. Let us know up front when ordering your report if there are unique features of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's recently had an addition constructed, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's prone to flooding. While these are things that we will find out on our own, knowing them early on will likely make your report arrive more quickly.
Did you make the occupants of the home aware of what to expect?: Confirming an inspection time and date with the homeowner can be one of the most tedious parts in the appraisal process. It's understandable for a homeowner to be uneasy with an outsider looking in every square foot of their home, taking pictures, and making copious notes. Some think they have to make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection, thinking that will increase the value. So they choose to not schedule the appraisal inspection until the house is cleaned.

Coming from you -- the person they have been working with on their loan -- a little information about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't change their home's value one little bit, and can decrease the time it takes to inspect a home. Our website has numerous pages of relevant information about the appraisal process for homeowners. Please feel free to share it with your customers. Have them call us if they want to familiarize themselves with the staff and our services. Remind them it benefits them to set the appointment soon!
Use our website to follow your report's status.: 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 track your report's status.