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 guy waives his hand to align your tires and points to the sign that says: car in neutral, wipers off, hands off the steering wheel and foot off the petals. Doesn’t matter if you’re a […]
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 the stern (regret). My birthday is today, placing me in the typical appraiser age bucket. I don’t feel that getting to the 6th floor of life is a big deal. I have employees and clients […]
People over profit
Last week a new DataComp Suite customer bought our software but then found out he couldn’t get out of his contract with a competing product. He missed the deadline to give notice. He signed our contract and we already ran his credit card. What should we do? It was an easy decision to return 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 of human capital to get it done.” We hear this a lot. Custom API integrations are complex, time-consuming and can be wildly expensive. It’s not very often that we get to bring out a new […]
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 asking that question. As a Chief Appraiser, ask these questions to your customer. For fee appraisers, send your bank customers this e-mail: “Thank you so much for being a customer. Where is the one specific […]
It’s time for appraisers to change
Gautama Buddha nails our valuation space’s biggest challenge… “There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth…not going all the way and not starting.” Successful fee and bank appraisers put client expectations as their north star for all their investment in technology and processes. Overcoming First Hurdle: Not Starting The hesitation to […]
