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.

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Create the most value

Is your Credit Department leading the lending department to the future or are you following them there? This take on…

BPM for Dummies

Like all good “…Dummies” books, lets start with the explanation of what the dummies books aren’t about, and that’s dummies….

Treat everyone like a CEO

I hope you didn’t try to click on the image as though it was a video. I do have the…

Let’s Hang On

Okay, most of you are old enough to know that the image here is of a phone. We still have…

Commercial Appraiser Trainees – Bueller? Bueller?

The Appraisal Foundation has recently issued a Practical Application of Real Estate Appraisal. You’ve heard of FIRREA, now there’s PAREA….

It’s the Law!

I read an article that hit on one of my pet peeves last week. It was about food labels. I…

Batteries are Draining Me!

Those of you who have being reading this column for a while know that I love to sail. And of…

Why to Consider Do Not Disturb Zones

Time fragmentation is a real thing. In the computer world, fragmentation leads to storage space being “wasted”. Over time and…

Give a voice

Calling someone a millennial is just as enjoyable as someone calling me a baby boomer. Placing your employees in generational…

It’s OK If You Weren’t Born Curious

I was born curious. So were you. And that’s good, very good. Now the bad news – we lose our…

The only question to ask

Strategic planning has come up in so many areas of my life lately, I figured it might be coming up…

The Productivity of Cows

The production levels of cows have gone through the roof and many who study this say it’s because of technology,…