What’re you tolerating

You’ll never change what you tolerate. Late appraisals, laborious word processing and copy/paste fatigue. As a commercial fee appraiser, why do you tolerate these headaches? As a bank appraisal manager, are you tolerating unhappy appraisers that dislike your AMC, lack of transparency for lending and no reporting for your C-Suite? What walls are created from […]

Elevate your appraisal department

Your bank’s C-Suite likely has been tasked with digital transformation. How does your appraisal department fit into this strategic vision? Successful banks are changing into experience driven organizations. An appraisal and environmental platform needs to be aligned with this goal and a truly personalized experience. The platform needs to provide insight to easily understand your […]

What do you want?

By 2025, what do you want to achieve, both personally and professionally? This blog will not mention USPAP. Nor FIRREA or cap rates. I won’t discuss anything to do with commercial valuation. Nope. You’re already very good at what you do. Today’s message is learning, being curious, that leads to goal setting. Here’s a very […]

The need for speed 

“Hard work isn’t enough, and more work is never the real answer.”   So how do fee and bank appraisers get off the hamster wheel of work?  Appraiser are all so busy. We tend to be in chronic work mode, rarely looking up to set goals.  What’s the solution? It’s the need for speed.  Speed to […]

You’re good at what you do 

Appraisers are the smartest people in the room when it comes to real estate.   Then why do we receive so few kudos? How do you know if you’re doing a good job if your only feedback tends to be complaints? Where do you get positive commends for all the work you do? Where’s the high […]

C-Suite mistake, ignoring the appraisal department

Why transformation for banks is NOW urgent. CEO and CFOs are now understanding the cost of ignoring their appraisal department. Historically, it’s taken a backseat to the lending side, the sales folks of the bank. However, a holistic view of the competitive nature of banking from a digital transformation perspective suggests ignoring the department can […]