Your rant as a common among appraisers as stink on a skunk.
Might I suggest a new concept that you touched upon and quickly ran from?

“GROW A SET”
Meaning?: Saying enough is enough
: Recognizing it for what it is: EXTORTION
: Organizing with other appraisers
: Creating a plan to exterminate the criminals

WHAT HAVE APPRAISERS ACTUALLY DONE?

* They’ve griped about their lives in blogs

* They’ve written several thousand letters to politicians (who were half responsible for the crime to begin with)

* They’ve signed petitions (that were shredded by the politicians (that were half responsible for the crime to begin with)

* They’ve complained on internet blogs

* They’ve accepted defeat by allowing others to control their profession and their livlihoods.

WHAT HAVE APPRAISERS FAILED TO DO?

They failed to recognize the fact that homeowners are being screwed over nearly as badly as they are by HVCC / Dodd/Frank

They failed to realize that attracting the media is the real solution to regaining their profession.

They failed to realize that IF they can GROW A SET (temporarily…don’t sweat) and ORGANIZE they have an incredibly strong chance of defeating AMCs and regaining full control of their profession

THE SOLUTION

ORGANIZE (Appraisers Against Extortion) No Union required

FIRE UP HOMEOWNERS to create a far larger group

GOAL: GAIN THE MEDIAS ATTENTION
(See Molly Katchpole vs Bank Of America and read about the how quickly the media solved the problem for Molly & consumers)

If you watched the latest Congressional hearings that appraisers attended to complain about their plight you will realize that Congressmen get it; they know banks are being smucks about the entire situation but they have no desire to tangle with banks due to the amount of money they contribute to their election funds.

ORGANIZING & ALIGNING WITH ANGRY HOMEOWNERS CHANGES THE EQUATION APPRAISERS. Congress will only stroke the purring kitty (the bank lobby) as long as nobody rocks the boat. Nothing gains there attention faster than a few million pissed off homeowners (problem: homeowners don’t even realize this scam exists). < See BankRape.com

Do a little research guys on the Air Traffic Controller strike of 1981. This should provide you with a great deal of comfort. In order to bust the strike Ronald Regan called in Military Air Controllers to pick up the slack and fired the striking ATCs. Since the military has no appraisers it's a safe bet to assume that you will GAIN MEDIA ATTENTION in a very big way. Their only option is the turn to BPOs & AVMs. (We all know how well that would work out).

To be more concise: Appraisers have the means to take back control of the profession that the banks hijacked in 2009 and holding the mortgage market at gunpoint until Congress agrees to restore fair fees, turn times, and the appraisers ability to collect their fee at the door.

I recommend that appraisers watch the Wizard Of Oz this week. This movie contains a message that all of you need to hear: You've had the ability to change your fortunes all along…you just didn't realize it.

GROW A SET
ORGANIZE with the media in mind as your prime targer
HIJACK THE MORTGAGE MARKET
and WIN BACK YOUR CAREERS

Hint: The current refi bubble is about the burst. Once it does appraisers will be in a far worse position.

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