Comments on: Scope Creep!!!

By: Baggins

Baggins — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 13:38:10 +0000

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By: bubba jay

bubba jay — Fri, 15 May 2015 01:47:07 +0000

i wouldnt mind the work creep as long as we were getting paid for it, and unfortunately, we certainly are not. i am willing to do whatever it takes to make my reports better and clearer, but like the article said – you ask ANY OTHER profession to do more work, and they are going to bill you for that extra time, and that includes every lawyer and attorney who has helped create this whole mess.

we are constantly asked to do more, and it takes much longer to do a report than it ever has. our expenses keep going up, the days are getting longer, and our pay is the stuck at the same rate that it was about 10 years ago. nobody is dumb enough to stick around very long for that, because such a formula will only eventually bankrupt a business financially. nobody can afford to work for free, but thats the direction our businesses have been going in for a very long time. appraising is getting barely worth doing financially as it is, but if things dont improve quickly, it wont soon be worth it at all. appraisers are already bailing for various reasons, but when it gets to the point where a business like ours isnt allowed to make at least decent money like any other professional business should, then thats when we will see an even bigger exodus of people, and we are getting very close to that. we are in a very critical time when everyone involved in this profession needs to stop thinking short term, and instead start thinking long term. and until that happens . . . . .

the bleeding continues . . . . .

By: Baggins

Baggins — Wed, 13 May 2015 17:08:49 +0000

Lately I’m on about scope creep and order assignment methods. Amc’s are absolutely ruining efficiency in assignment, with their renewed efforts to micro manage and fee quote and time quote absolutely everything that comes across their desk. This month alone, is looking like the mid 2000’s all over again. Hearing about 10 orders, and landing 1. Teaser orders is probably the best way to describe these renewed amc assignment efforts. This fee and time quoting amc nonsense is worse than comp searching. These amc’s are not being professional what so ever, when they call down the appraisers list endlessly, wasting everyones time, to try and save a dollar and a day. So that’s scope creep as well, but on the front end. All amc’s who operate this way get at least $100 higher fee quote, if not $200. Then I return the favor and call back over and over asking them if the fee has been approved or not. What else can I do? They’re so elusive and tricky these days, they make sure to conceal the lenders name from the appraiser unless you actually land the order, to limit the inevitable back lash with these absolutely poor order distribution methods.

By: Retired Appraiser

Retired Appraiser — Wed, 13 May 2015 16:16:21 +0000

Four words come to mind: “Good Luck With That”.

Scope Creep + Fee Recession = Professional Extinction

Think of it as the Appraisers Ice Age.