I only wish they could take on I/C fee appraisers less than C&R payments, but I understand why they don’t. Too many jurisdictions and too many divergent policies on ICs.

Yet another reason why individual state appraisal regulation does not work.

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Gosh Id hate to think they are just assuming it is ok to just sign people up for things they didn’t ask for. You dont think they’d actually violate someones personal privacy do you?

I just emailed this to AB but dont want to wait for it to possibly post.

“I just got this notice when I logged into my Matrix based local mls”

Am I crazy? I mean more than usual? Am I the only person that sees the sale of property owner personal contact information to be an egregious violation of business ethics, and quite possibly federal privacy laws?

MLS forms have had a provision for owner contact information to be displayed for other agents to contact them all along IF THE PROPERTY OWNER wanted it disclosed! So I have to wonder, where is this coming from?

Perhaps the CORE clue is in the names ‘Core’ and ‘Remine’ (as in data mined). I’m pretty certain my local combined regional MLS doesn’t have the ability to scan data to devleop this information. I wonder WHO could it be that does? What sources would they likely use for this personal private information about property owners that they intend to sell? Could it be the owner of Realist?

Did someone scan all the databases of the federal do not call list for this information?

Is it possible that someone had access to uploaded loan-package data and appraisals through a ‘portal’ of some type with all kinds of personal ownership information in them? As for this super nifty ‘new’ analytics program how woud it determine market value for property that hasn’t reently sold…say a property that had only been recently refinanced?

Perhaps some kind of ‘data aggregator‘? I wonder if it could be someone with a case pending before the FTC already?

I guess we wont know until we see who is cashing the checks or processing the payments for that private contact information, will we? I know I’d be real upset to learn that ANY data contained in the FHA appraisal I pad for on my property found its way into some ‘data aggragator’ database for subsequent resale. As a homeowner Id consider that outright theft of professional services that I paid for. Theft for uses that were never disclosed to me.

Do they also sell my social security and bank account numbers? Perhaps the names, gender and ages of my minor children? Have my tax records and tax return data now become public records though an aggregator that sells private information?

BTW what exactly IS “data visualization”? Is that what we used to call ‘reading’?

Corelogic, er, I meant alamode just hinted at bundled all in one approaches on the qa I posted below. So soon it will go public, have stocks, amazing price jack ups, and you won’t be able to tell the difference between subscribing to mls and appraisal software, who knows but it will be all bad if Corelogic is in charge of it. Get ready for technical delays with a never ending stream of unnecessary updates which work against the appraisers best interest. Now we see the big picture why daddy biggers shut down Appraisal Advisor.

The dude is so busy on vacation, he never updated his linkedin. Oh, the message they used to promote…

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-biggers-3610909/

A little birdie told me recently that Alamode is auto subscribing all users into the SmartExchange program. Demand to opt out of that. 

So let’s count how many major distribution portals they have gobbled up, that’s all of them or nearly all.

CoreLogic acquires a la mode | 2018-04-12

And this pr fluff from alamode;

Common questions about the sale of a la mode

Hi Craig, helpful post! I use all three but just ordered “homeputer” appraisal software from http://www.homeputer.com after reading links sent to me by AB; and their online reviews and samples. I HATE change as well and agree re analysis of each system you’ve used and subjective preferences.

My decision was based purely on the announcement that corelogic bought out alamode and my previous knowledge that First American bought out ACI. Admittedly a spur of the moment final decision but one that had been in the offing for some time now. That the entire package costs only $249 and includes the first years maintenance and service made it a no brainer. Bradford, alamode and ACI cant [won’t] even try to compete with that price.

Sometimes a person just has to bite the bullet and stand up for principles. I am NOT going to use either software service that is trying to put appraisers out of business. Especially the one that admitted they used millions of appraisals in the past without appraisers consent to help develop the software that they intend to try to see us replaced with!

ACI was previously bought out by First American which was a old partner of CL before they were required to separate. See old articles here in AB for details.  First American created the infamous PACE PRO product with ACI. DONT BUY IT! (I have both ACi and alamode and will be switching asap.)

Best alternative Im aware of is Bradford ClickForms. Its not perfect but I have several friends that like it better than ACI or alamode. Lets hear from other appraisers across the country!

What do YOU use? Does it also have UCIAR EP/SP or other commercial forms? Does it have 71A and 71B?

There are 40,000+- unique appraiser sending reports to FNMA DONT use alamode anymore (as soon as your subscription run out). Start downloading all your cloud stored reports asap. Otherwise you will be a CL hostage forever.

Yet another reason to refuse to use cloud based appraisal software!

Not IRES MLS in Northern areas Colorado. They’re merging with Corelogic Matrix Denver, creating another monopoly market for Corelogic to exploit.

He still posts Baggs – with more specificity lately.

Re suit, I think CL would likely try to settle but doubtful it would be sealed. I think they’d want that but in the end the only thing to be sealed is what the whole case is about – employees or exempt? Any settlement with any pay out pretty well defeats any reason for sealing the record.

CL is a billion to billion and a half a year megalith. Ten million; twenty or even a hundred million is chump change to them.

I wonder if the old DataQuick non compete clause had a sunset provision or whether it was a forever thing? It would be nice to have their old style basic services again.

Meanwhile, the appraisers who followed ‘professional advisement’ and did not work with amc’s fell on their own swords, and the most incompetent appraisers whom had no other options but to work with amc’s will be rewarded.  For a long time I was down on ‘retired appraiser’, but now a days, I really miss that guys regular presence on the blogs.  Turns out his cynicism was not just well deserved, but a necessary understanding point regarding just how imbalanced this industry has become.  Save us retired appraiser, we need you now!  Let’s face facts, overtime compensation is not even a drop in the bucket, mortgage origination appraisers nationally will be wiped out in less than a decade if these abusive trends continue.

Every single argument that claims automation can do what we do augments their claim of ‘routinized’ non professional work products.

Well done CoreLogic! – you mindless buffoons!

Hoisted on their own petard.

Hi Craig, the case number is 8:17-cv-02274-DOC-DFM.