Here’s why I made that statement.  Everyone in Lexington, KY knows of one specific appraiser who has either committed fraud every day of his life for over 20 years while appraising and trained countless appraisers to do the same.  I heard rumors about the guy for the first ten years of my career and had the pleasure of reviewing one his incredible reports as well as one of his many flunkies.  Yes…they did indeed fabricate comparable sales out of thin air (the addresses existed but they never sold).  The man was never touched by the appraiser’s board other than a few warnings here and there.  He made an absolute killing in the appraisal business and imagine that he still does.  Hint: MM

first of all, lets re-read the line “Essig admitted that he made the false entry in the appraisal report with INTENT TO DEFRAUD and intent to aid and conceal the commission of another crime.”

that makes the bolded comment ” . . . . . incorrectly reporting the last sale date of a subject property in an appraisal report . . . . .”, inaccurate.

that comment should read ” . . . . . intentionally didnt report the last sale date of a subject property in an appraisal report . . . . .”

if someone intentionally commits fraud, then they SHOULD BE prosecuted and suffer the punishment. they made that bed, now they need to lie in it. but there is a huge difference between an honest mistake and fraud. it sounds like this person intended to commit fraud, and now will be lying on a metal bed because of it. this kind of person makes a bad name for every appraiser, and i say good riddance. no sympathy here.

“Lets be careful out there” needs to be changed to “Dont be stupid.”