Comments on: The Future of Residential Lender Appraisers

By: Baggins

Baggins — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 17:08:02 +0000

In reply to Retired Appraiser.

Dang…. I’ll get you next time!

So what, you play with drones all day, is that what you do in retirement? Lol!

By: Retired Appraiser

Retired Appraiser — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:39:06 +0000

In reply to Baggins.

So far I’ve used 3 out of over 20 tools in the Adobe arsenal. Photoshop…Dreamweaver…and Premiere.

DREAMWEAVER
I purchase high end web templates to edit from online so I’m not designing from scratch. Templates can be purchased for $30 to $150. I typically sell to small business owners along with a domain and hosting for $1500 to $3000. I rarely have over 10 hours in a job.

PREMIERE
With the use of a 4K drone i shot some footage around a small town to edit with this application. I added GOOD QUALITY royalty free music and added it to the edit. Although I used a software I already owned to design the packaging you can design it within Adobe as well. After hosting a free showing of the video at a local cinema in late October I sold 430 copies of the DVD for $15 prior to Christmas and walked away with $5000. I had less than 30 hours in the production. A reasonable return for a first production.

I don’t consider myself to be an artist. I search for a niche that has been overlooked and find a way to exploit it. This is a side gig for me so I’ve barely scratched the surface of Adobe’s capability.

Consider yourself regaled.

By: Retired Appraiser

Retired Appraiser — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 18:59:09 +0000

In reply to Baggins.

Claiming that you need to be an artist to use Adobe Creative Cloud is like saying you need to be an engineer…mathematician…and writer to become an appraiser. Artists may find Adobe Illustrator to be a useful tool but that is 1 out of over 20 applications included in the package. Bottom Line: Adobe Creative Cloud is by far the cheapest ultra professional tool that you can invest in to start a multiple income stream business for mass production and sales

By: Baggins

Baggins — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:47:18 +0000

In reply to Retired Appraiser.

I’ve already came down with a case of artists block just thinking about it. Regale us with your amazing rendering Picasso! Next.

By: Retired Appraiser

Retired Appraiser — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 22:47:59 +0000

Here is my plug for a new career choice: Adobe Creative Cloud $599 per year for every application Adobe makes.

Cheaper than your appraisal software and everything you need for a new career (or careers).

Video Production…Books…Web Design…you name it. Best of all it is REGULATION FREE!

Say goodbye to AMCs…gas bills…MLS dues…E & O insurance…office space…and unlimited liability.

Rather than build one appraisal at a time…build one product at a time and sell it to thousands or millions.

The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the lord and the realization that residential appraising is a dead end job.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 17:24:43 +0000

Yep. I do a lot of work for attorneys in Monterey, Madera and Fresno county’s in California. The biggest thing (for me) is making certain my report will stand up in court. It has to be completed the “right way” the first time. There are no AMC reviewers looking at your work checking off boxes. Attorney work takes longer but if you take pride in your work and spend the extra time it all pays off in the bigger scheme of things.

By: Vincent R Simon on Facebook

Vincent R Simon on Facebook — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 17:24:30 +0000

Good day, with all this talk about hybrids and desk, third party inspections. Here are two companies that have been doing it for a while. Could we get a story on them on the legality, direction and volume of appraisal stats during the past few years? Would be helpful to see if this is truly the direction of residential appraisal in the future. Service Link and Valuenet. Let’s see this story soon. Thanks.

By: Baggins

Baggins — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 15:11:14 +0000

You know, what a challenge, the next level of appraisal product offering. Are there comprehensive top to bottom educational opportunities for affordable rates? To just jump in appraisers would need total recreation of on the job training, repeat mock litigation exercises, detailed legal and jurisdictional understanding, legalese writing training, court process training, the list would certainly go on. This one at a time entry level legal class at mckissock was helpful but clearly too far short for meaningful exploration of the opportunity. I’m going to focus on amc litigation and amc process compliance cases…