Sad, this person believes all that !!!

Gee!  Ya Think??  Must be some very powerful kool-aid they’re passing out to their employees!

Oh boy.  Sounds like someone here works for an AMC.  Smh.

First of all –

1.The use of an AMC is not required by any federal or state law.

– Yes but with AMC it gives more convenience and comfort for mortgage company and appraiser

2.The use of an AMC has not protected the consumer.

– It does because AMC make sure that the project is done at the right time and provide accurate results.

3.The use of an AMC has failed to protect public trust.

– I totally disagree on this because how can you say that it’s not for public trust where infact AMC values the feedback from the appraiser, customer and the mortgage company. It ensures that the project is done correct.

And I thank you.

I agree with Mike, if you do not know Rachel, she is one of the good and well respected appraisers out there and is involved and fighting the good fight for our profession as well.

Peter Gallo

Its one of several solutions. Some of us are pursuing a broader, all encompassing ‘fix’. Certainly what you suggest would likely be part of it in some form.

Someone could tell me why, AMCs/Lenders and Appraisers, for the most part, do not fall only within the Federal purview, being interstate commerce, rendering what the state’s can and can not enforce, to a minimum of what is intrastate commerce?

Is there anything in Title 12 or the IFR that allows states to over ride interstate commerce laws?

The key has always been for appraisal organizations to set aside their particular agendas/egos to come together in a more cohesive way. Never really has been accomplished and IMO its the main reason the lending appraisal process has been hijacked by lenders, lender interest groups and regulators. Keeping reaching for the stars.

So….lets start passing the word around and keep doing so until we can get something going. AGA has reached out confidentially and had a favorable though tentative reception from one group. We will follow that up but we all need to get more groups involved in similar efforts. Once we can build national consensus on a few core ideas then we can put forth a joint proposal to try to completely revamp what has grown out of FIRREA into what was intended to grow out of it.

Mike, as a designated member of AI and appraiser for 39 years, I totally agree with your comment and it needs to be said more often in the spirit of improving our profession, not benefiting any particular appraiser organization. The appraisal profession has lacked strong leadership that is unified and unable to work in a collaborate way.

Time for all of us to put our big boy pants on and minimize the circular blame games. I’ve found too many independents and/or other organization designees over  the years to be the full equal of any MAIs I’ve seen. AI needs to recognize their future success is not dependent on putting everyone else in the appraisal profession ‘down’.

There is no reason AI, ASA, NAIFA, AGA, NSAO, Columbia Society and all the other state coalitions and peer organizations cannot come together to solve our primary problems at a national level once and for all.

Lets stop spinning our wheels and fighting each single appraisal issue on state levels and then trying to replicate that 49 more times. It doesn’t work. Instead, lets take all 50 states issues and professional peer organizations concerns to the feds and fix them one time. Permanently.

PS – no offense to all orgs whose names I left out.

True. That concurrence is for real, meaningful help. We have some out there (still) that are pretending to help while only looking out for their own carve outs.

AMCs pretending to be appraiser associations; Unlicensed “appraisers” still pretending to speak on behalf of appraisers before Congressional Committees, etc..

I’d love to see AI get behind all its SRA’s and (residential) affiliates purely for the benefit of the profession. Maybe this can be the year for that to happen?

The requirement to take USPAP courses every two years, as well as the requirement to have a USPAP book for the USPAP course have nothing to do with AI.  The requirements are set by the AQB.  The AI isn’t even a Foundation sponsor anymore, and hasn’t been for several years.  Just sayin’

Nick, you are a Coester troll with no intention of contributing meaningful input. You’re a phony. IF you were a member of AGA then you’d be entitled to know the currently salaried person(s). The rest are volunteers.

This is my last response to you. Most here on the blog attempt to resolve real issues. Your only interest is in disruption of a blog that has been very effective in many areas…and smooching Brian Coesters ass. Enjoy yourself.

Let us know if you need any chapstrick.

Always nice when people comment and make assumptions about organizations or companies they know nothing about.

“99.9 percent”….wow, how did you arrive at that specific percentage and who is the 0.1 percent that is being paid. I think the members of the AGA would like to know how you arrive at that conclusion and who is being paid.