Comments on: National Data Collective Launches “Shift”

By: Baggins

Baggins — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 19:04:17 +0000

Having a hard time telling if this is a blog site or an advertisement platform. Alamode, always finding a way to make the product even more expensive, and more complicated to use. I’ve never imported a ready filled comp, and never will.

By: Clint

Clint — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 04:04:13 +0000

Does this program verify sales data, check prior sales history, verify the age, above grade, below grade, basement area, site area, and all the other salient facts needed for all my comps? Can I get a site map customized with dimensions, aerial views, and water frontage on it? Does this provide adequate data to analyze the market with median sale price, sales to list ratios, sortable spreadsheets of data with above grade, below grade, bedroom count, bathroom count, garage size, and other amenities commonly found on the MLS? Will I be able to look at interior and exterior photos of each comp? Does it obtain parcel numbers, legal descriptions, zoning, dimensions, flood plain info, property taxes, HOA dues, special assessments, condo project info, etc? If the goal is to make things easier for appraisers, then give us all the information we need in one fully integrated program. The more websites that we have to visit and phone calls we have to make the longer it takes to complete the appraisal. Put it all in one place. I’d gladly pay $500 per month if someone gave me information that was already verified with public records for all my comps. It would be worth it just to keep chugging along without having to make 100 phone calls and emails per week; not to mention responding to dumb underwriter requests.

By: AppraiserD

AppraiserD — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 21:42:46 +0000

In reply to LexAppraiser.

Clearly you weren’t reading that right. You should already be paying for property data and some sort of form-filling software like TOTAL. NDC is saying switch to them and you can now export directly to a la mode instead of typing it yourself or copy and pasting, saving time. Whatever software provider you use, they are already capturing your data regardless of if it is from NDC or say Real Quest. So that is nothing new, the export tool that save you the time is.

By: LexAppraiser

LexAppraiser — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 19:10:39 +0000

So I get to give alamode the data I have developed for free and in turn I have to pay a subscription for that data? Good business plan.