I’m somewhat surprised that no one guessed the correct answer was SOLIDIFI.

Many thanks to all who played our game.

Stay tuned for our next game in which the objective will be to find three undeniably positive things that The Appraisal Foundation has done to Preserve the Public Trust in appraisal or the American Financial System. This should be something done since they adopted the first version of USPAP so many years ago.

Regretfully no one correctly identified SOLIDIFI. So no kudos; atta boy/atta girl or whatever else was promised this game-version (Prizes WILL roll over to the next contest, and at a minimum DOUBLE!)

(void where taxed, prohibited by law, or common sense.) Stay tuned. The next contest is expected to relate to the recent California Court decisions concerning employees vs Independent Contractors and how it relates to AMC’s ridiculous engagement requirements.

As for Realrose, get off your pontificating Left Wing soap Box! So all the white voters in the Rust Belt who voted for Obama in 2008 & 2012, but went for Trump in 2016 are somehow racist?? The fact that you resort to the lowest hanging fruit, shows just how simple you really are.

$3,000 regular; $4,000 rush. Rush being 5 to 7 working days for this kind of property in that locale; rent survey add $500. I’ll absorb the mileage costs.

Even if it were a serious offering direct from the AMC that would be my response. They can have good (USPAP compliant) or they can have fast but in this price range and that area I’d be suspicious of anyone promising both.

Rose, we’ve spoken by phone before  and I know you disagree with my personal political views. I also know (because I told you so) that you are aware the Guild is comprised of about an equal belend of left, center and right. We all know AFL-CIO is aligned with the DNC. Most look beyond this to seeking solutions that affect US rather than playing at partisan politics.

We (The Guild) have rarely (just once) asked our members to consider something promoted by one party or the other -even there we urged people to follow their conscience.

Most of what you wrote above was very close to spot on until you allowed your anti Trump fervor to over ride your own message.

The ills affecting all appraisers today are shared by both parties. The economic collapse itself was a result of initial non action; and subsequent wrong action. Cuomo foisted HVCC off on everyone…but with hindsight I know he could not have done so without a lot of back room arm twisting and negotiation.

Rose you talk about appraisers (indirectly) being the last defense or bastion of integrity yet you insult all who opposed YOUR political views? How does that promote positive solutions?

Nice ‘cheap shot’ about the Guild by the way. A 99.99% all volunteer organization where the only person earning a wage is our Membership Director (Jan) who does in one day what most people couldn’t get done in three. Wasted money? hardly. If we were wasting money I’d have been in Las Vegas at the last TAF meeting or in Seattle for the next; or possibly back in DC for the FTC meeting. Instead, we try wherever possible to send local representation rather than spending our members dues money frivolously.

You are critical of all organizations trying to fight for appraisers, yet you personally do nothing except denigrate those that are trying to help. Shame on you.

Realrose, some of the things you say I agree with. My passion is history…I love to study the Texas history and the Civil War. You cannot enjoy history without understanding all of the background leading up to the independence of Texas and the many issues resulting in the most destructive war between the north and the south. Our few comments on this blog could not begin to explore the depths of the issues resulting in the major conflicts leading up to the civil war and reconstruction. I would love to have the opportunity to discuss the many issues with you at a time where we could meet without hostility and name calling. The CSA (Confederated State of America) is marked on many of the tombstones of my relatives. I have voted as a democrat many times in the past and I am so dammed ashamed now that I did that I want to puke!  I voted for Trump and although he is not perfect, he is light years ahead of Hillary and Bernie. Those of you dealing under the oppression of AMCs…just stop working for them…you are not slaves!
Personally… I refuse to work with any AMC. They do not make a dime off of my efforts. Gee, who do you suppose is providing them all of this income? Duh…Some of the same folks complaining?

Realrose you really need to stop posting the political BS and get off the boards , seriously shouldn’t you be on MSNBC or CNN ?

So like I enter the data from the condo cert. Stip! Condo cert wrong, data entry problem from the hoa person who filled it. Appraiser to correct with accurate numbers per the peer data in the CU database…

Yeah, they’ve all copied so much for so long… Could literally be any number of them.

@realrose, Get a grip

When I want to stay informed, I tune into “The Real News, with David Knight”, among many others. Patriot Trading Group is one of my other long standing favorites. I’m well informed because I stay away from syndicated media. Your brand selection does not matter, red or blue, if you’re watching syndicated, you’re drinking the kool aid.

“I can’t maintain this business around a question mark. If your company does not know what standard acceptable fees and turn times are by now, I can’t help you. Please consider $X and 1 week as my standard minimum, you don’t even need to bother emailing me for quotes.” Nobody would work this hard to save consumers a dollar and a day, the management companies play appraisers against each other for profit. 

Certain key qualification questions go a long way. It takes an appraiser to manage an appraiser, all others fall short of the professional and ethical requirements. We ultimately are in charge of these standards, or lack there of, based on our willingness to participate under defined terms, or not. It’s a free market.

The meaningful qualification process happens due to the appraiser. What is your standard minimum fee? This one simple qualification question will help an appraiser in quickly identifying and qualifying clients better.

If an appraiser is getting a substantial portion or all of the orders from fee and time quote methods, distributors are clearly taking advantage. Companies whom do assign directly with reliable minimum fees flourish in comparison to the lenders whom don’t. That’s why lately there has been a new trend of lenders moving back to in house. It’s simple, don’t let them make it complicated. Some lenders have done it wrong, have refused to hire actual licensed appraisers to run the assignment departments. Those ones often try in house but fail due to poorly qualified management whom can’t compete with amc’s. It’s give or take, just flip through to a new client.

LOL!!!  Bye Rose, from a Louisiana hillbilly!

We got rid of the shadow-banning tool for our commenting system a couple of years ago because we received too many complaints about it.

The supposed patriot whom objects to democratic process. Logical fault.

How many downvotes does it take to make a comment invisible and require a click through to read? Thank you.

Rose never misses an opportunity to inject her programmed media and political bias into a conversation, now upgraded to include a little ruskie fever. She’s like an empty slate, and accepts whatever programming the fake news gives her. Downvote the comment. Politics are cool though, it’s o.k. Just as long as it’s like not hate speech. We live in a politicized society and this industry certainly has strong influence from that. To blame it all on the guy at the top, that’s just ignorant. One man can not change the world, Jesus already did that. See, dash of religion too. It’s cool. Don’t hand her a bible, she may try to exorcise the board.

I didn’t think this was a forum about who we might have voted for. It is about appraisers and in this thread discussing how we have been affected by AMCs. Quit using it for your own political agenda. We are in a battle for our profession.