Insights for Appraisal Operations

Explore practical perspectives, industry trends, and expert guidance to help you improve workflows, manage vendor networks, and navigate the evolving appraisal landscape.

From compliance and workflow optimization to vendor management and technology strategy, our blog covers the topics that matter most to appraisal professionals.

Stay informed, learn from real-world experiences, and discover new ways to improve how your team operates.

Don’t Be a Floppy

Where were you when you first used rub on subject arrows in an appraisal? How about using double-sided sticky tape…

The Script in our Head: Re-writing the Story of “Not Enough”

For a long time, I’ve had thoughts of: “You’re not good enough. You’re not interesting enough. They’ll see through you…

Glances: Bridging the Trust Gap in Banking

Let’s talk trust. Not the warm and fuzzy kind, but the kind regulators demand – the kind that keeps the…

Stuck in Neutral: How One Bank CEO Found the Gas Pedal

Thomas Weller is a seasoned CEO of Union Gateway Bank. He’s predictable as the sunrise. Under his leadership, Union Gateway…

From Frustration to Fulfillment, A Kaizen Story

Steve is a Chief Appraiser of a $40B bank in the Southeast. He deals with FDIC audits, ROVs and gets…

Hiding in Plain Sight

“The appraisal industry has so many opportunities if we work together”, Cindy Chance Ph.D. and CEO of the Appraisal Institute….

Banking’s Digital Jenga

In Jenga, players remove one block, then place the removed block on the top. This creates a taller, but increasingly…

Foam Fades, Knowledge Stays: Rethinking Appraiser Education

The valuation profession’s education is like the car wash guy at the tunnel entrance. It’s a rinse-and-repeat mindset. Car wash…

An appraiser looks at 60

Where are you in your life path? I hope you’re looking at life forward towards the bow (opportunity) and not…

People over profit

Last week a new DataComp Suite customer bought our software but then found out he couldn’t get out of his…

Introducing Glances: The Next-Gen Integration App for Banks

“We tried to do an integration with our LOS, it was a huge lift. It was awful, took a ton…

Beyond Transactions: Viewing Customers as Partners

“What’s the one thing I can do today that will make you twice as happy with us?” At Realwired, we’re…