Mike,

We’d love to have your input on your view of the right “path.” Please email us: contact [at] appraiserprosperity [dot] com.

Peter, I think they are trying, and knowing who their sponsors are helps, but I still think they are on the wrong path. They are not bad folks, but they are also not primarily appraisers.

Merely hiring another lobbyist group with no ability to regularly provide input and direction is ineffectual. Other organizations are already doing that. I personally think the AGA has the potential to be more effective.

True Enough. The few that don’t use AMCs however pay beans however. There are few if any full few orders out there when you consider that full fee today would be around $500.

I assure you that we are beginning our work behind the scenes with the federal agencies. When the request for comments came out we were only just starting up our fundraising and we quite honestly did not know if this would “take off” as it has. At this point, we are closing in on 100% of our funding goal, which will allow us to fully launch our advocacy efforts.

As for marketing, yes, we have been reaching out to every appraiser we possibly can so that we could make this a reality. We wouldn’t have wanted a situation where we accepted even one cent in membership fees without putting forth every possible effort to hit our goal. That would be unfair to our members, since like us, most are living appraisal-to-appraisal. Like I said, I’m happy to say that at this point we are very close to our goal.

These guys are asking for money but they have the resources to robocall every appraiser in our state and do a mass marketing campaign.

Do something first and then I will decide whether or not to support your “anonymous” group.