ChatGPT 5.0 says appraisers are the No. 1 professional to best leverage AI because of our question-asking superpower.
Full disclosure, the No. 1 ranking on other platforms varied: Grok picked marketers, Claude, Qwen and Gemini said software developers, Copilot and Mistral engineers and Perplexity picked AI research scientists.
AI isn’t magic; it reflects the quality of the questions we pose. And the relentless questions appraisers ask holds the mastery. That relentless curiosity is the exact muscle you need to write world-class prompts.
This is exactly why appraisers must get comfortable with AI: knowing how to interpret, test and question the output.
Appraisers can’t help themselves. We can’t stop asking questions. To outsiders, it looks obsessive. If you’re married to an appraiser, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Drive past a random warehouse and most people see, well, a warehouse. To an appraiser, it’s a barrage of questions: Clear height? 3 phase power? Rents? Rail spur? Dock high? Column spacing? Office ratio? Floor load? Access? Environmental risk?
One glance, a dozen questions. It’s CSI with property instead of crime scenes. Piecing clues into one conclusion: market value. Old-school appraisers like me grew up dictating on microcassettes, verbalizing concepts and logic before AI ever existed. Questioning was discipline. It was the job.
Everyone thinks Boomers (average age of our profession) are out of touch. Truth? Curiosity is our edge. That’s why we’ll crush AI.
Hiring an appraiser who isn’t curious enough to learn and to test new tools is a disservice to clients and institutions. The more successful appraisers will lean in and ask, “What else is possible?”
The future belongs to professionals who won’t accept the status quo. AI proficiency is fast becoming an employment requirement. Unlock potential for yourself, your team’s and your customers.
Technology changes, but curiosity is timeless.
