One Review Standard. Every Experience Level.
Review consistency shouldn’t depend on who gets the file. Not every reviewer sees the same thing. Give the same appraisal to three people and you may get three completely different reviews. One reviewer sees two issues that could materially affect value. Another has 27 comments. Most are formatting preferences, wording choices, or questions that change […]
Protect Your Focus
You wouldn’t let 30 strangers walk into your office each morning, fire random questions at you. Yet that’s exactly what most of us do. We open Outlook and just react. Somebody needs a document. Somebody has a “quick question.” You scan the email sender names as an indicator of priority. The loudest request gets your […]
When Work Gets Busy but Stops Being Meaningful
Ever get to Friday and think, “I was busy all week, but did I actually accomplish anything that mattered?” I think a lot of fee appraisers, reviewers and chief appraisers live there. Reports and reviews got finished. Then Monday shows up and we do it again. Busy is easy to measure. Meaningfulness is harder. Mark […]
The Rocky Steps
We underestimate energy. The appraisal profession has plenty of intelligence. Plenty of rules. What it sometimes lacks is a spark. Recently I was in Philadelphia at the ProSight CRE Appraisal Managers Forum. We talked about too much work, hiring challenges, tighter timelines, more scrutiny, more pressure. These are not people looking for something else to […]
The line that’s holding you back
Without realizing it, we’ve draw circles of self-limitation around ourselves much like the ant that won’t step outside an arbitrary chalk line. Nothing physically prevents it from leaving, yet the line feels impenetrable. What chalk-line limitations are controlling you even though they’re no longer real? Our chalk line determines how far we aim, how far […]
Unbundled Supervision
Fueled by a blend of enthusiasm, strong Cuban coffee and possibly some naivety, I have an idea for the appraisal industry on-ramp problem. First, create an Analyst Academy that employs them. New appraisers commit for 36 months to the Academy and, in return, get training and guaranteed work. Leave early, repay part of the training […]