…Run, Don’t Walk!

I’m a veteran…and I want reliability more than low cost. A veteran can buy a house with no money down and no closing costs. There are THREE things they should be willing to pay for:

1. Credit report up front

2. Appraisal

3. ASHI Certified Home Inspection

I’d pay up to a thousand for an SFR appraisal that also included ALL permit and Certificate of Occupancy verifications (which no one does reliably in large urban areas anymore due to difficulty in dealing with bureaucrats).

No I do not ….hence the year 2655.

My approach takes them off guard.  I don’t want to diversify, I only want one or two reliable clients who send me one or two orders a week, no more, no less.  If they want me to replace them with another client whom can meet my expectations I’ll be happy to pick up the phone and do that.  We look out for those bills.

Amc’s got exactly what they asked for;  ready substitutability of service relationships.  The shoe is on the other foot now.  Lenders whom try learn very quickly that there are a lot more appraisers answering the phones for them and working hard, if they do not force the appraisers to abide amc’s to acquire those orders.  At least 2 of the top 10 national outfits are right now moving away from amc’s and developing new panels.  You would not know that though, if you’re busy in the rat cage quoting fees for each individual order, always answering insane stips, worrying about your little performance matrix grading score or whatever.

CO, cooling down but still strong.  $500 weak fee, $850 strong fee.  Good thing or I’d be out of business right now.  That was not a raise, that was a lifeline.  Sometimes it’s good to work hard, other times it’s good to drop out and refocus your efforts.  Ring ring;  Nope, that guy aint’ here no mo, watch u axking fo?

“last appraisal I reviewed in VA”… VA as in Virginia.

I’m not sure what you mean. Which AMCs are doing appraisals for the VA?

You think there will be an Illinois in 2655??!!

That  money to the AMC  for doing what???  finding an appraiser willing to work for peanuts and then probably getting harassed with stupid questions and corrections because their machines & software can’t read the report right.  I have found very few decent AMC’s out there that I will work with.

They do. There is no added AMC fee! Last appraisal I reviewed in VA had a fee of $700. The appraiser got paid $375 and the rest went to the AMC.