“Local firm AppraiserLoft wound down its operations in early October because of the financial downturn, the company’s CEO said. The abrupt departure left appraisers across the country with unpaid invoices for hundreds or thousands of dollars, some dating back three to four months.”

They stiffed appraisers to the tune of millions rather than hundreds of thousands. I was one of the fortunate ones that received a check for 1/2 of what they owed from an appraisal I completed for them 2 1/2 years ago.