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		By: Mark Skapinetz on Facebook		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Skapinetz on Facebook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 19:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://appraisersblogs.com/staff-appraisers-monopolies-vacap/#comment-16908&quot;&gt;Jason&lt;/a&gt;.

I will but not for a little bit as we are going to go over all the data and come up with our findings and write a white paper and more.   So it may be a little bit before we throw it out there.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a target="_blank" href="https://appraisersblogs.com/staff-appraisers-monopolies-vacap/#comment-16908">Jason</a>.</p>
<p>I will but not for a little bit as we are going to go over all the data and come up with our findings and write a white paper and more.   So it may be a little bit before we throw it out there.</p>
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		By: Jason		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 19:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://appraisersblogs.com/staff-appraisers-monopolies-vacap/#comment-16905&quot;&gt;Mark Skapinetz on Facebook&lt;/a&gt;.

Thanks for the survey Mark. Will you share the results?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a target="_blank" href="https://appraisersblogs.com/staff-appraisers-monopolies-vacap/#comment-16905">Mark Skapinetz on Facebook</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks for the survey Mark. Will you share the results?</p>
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		By: Mark Skapinetz on Facebook		</title>
		<link>https://appraisersblogs.com/staff-appraisers-monopolies-vacap/#comment-16905</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Skapinetz on Facebook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 17:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I would like to add that the South Carolina coalition didn&#039;t come up with the survey.  I did.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would like to add that the South Carolina coalition didn&#8217;t come up with the survey.  I did.</p>
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		By: Baggins		</title>
		<link>https://appraisersblogs.com/staff-appraisers-monopolies-vacap/#comment-16872</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Baggins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 16:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://appraisersblogs.com/staff-appraisers-monopolies-vacap/#comment-16870&quot;&gt;Jeff&lt;/a&gt;.

I passed all 3 tests first time around, with increasingly better grades.  CRA here, and had tested for jr, licensed, then cert.  Paying for the pretesting was certainly worth it.

Not that any of that matters, with such little emphasis on ethics as it relates to what&#039;s happening with amc&#039;s, the testing is not properly focused.  A test inclusion should be an on-site challenge;  You must obtain a C&#038;R order from an amc right here, cold call over the phone.

I&#039;d like to see amc assignment persons pass those tests, the whole amc industry would collapse overnight, they could not pass those tests.

I don&#039;t know, been 10 years.  God, please don&#039;t make me retest.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a target="_blank" href="https://appraisersblogs.com/staff-appraisers-monopolies-vacap/#comment-16870">Jeff</a>.</p>
<p>I passed all 3 tests first time around, with increasingly better grades.  CRA here, and had tested for jr, licensed, then cert.  Paying for the pretesting was certainly worth it.</p>
<p>Not that any of that matters, with such little emphasis on ethics as it relates to what&#8217;s happening with amc&#8217;s, the testing is not properly focused.  A test inclusion should be an on-site challenge;  You must obtain a C&amp;R order from an amc right here, cold call over the phone.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d like to see amc assignment persons pass those tests, the whole amc industry would collapse overnight, they could not pass those tests.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know, been 10 years.  God, please don&#8217;t make me retest.</p>
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		By: Baggins		</title>
		<link>https://appraisersblogs.com/staff-appraisers-monopolies-vacap/#comment-16871</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Baggins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 16:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So great.  I just spent an hour on that survey for you.  Game over.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So great.  I just spent an hour on that survey for you.  Game over.</p>
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		By: Jeff		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 16:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It would be great to take a hard look at testing facilities and the trends from USPAP that show the results from applicants who have taken the certification and general tests. The results are shocking and show that testing facilities are manipulating the amount of appraisers entering the field. Consider this if you are a testing facility and you can fail over half of the applicants the first time well then you can pad your pockets when applicants come to retest. It is happening in every level as well as for instructors and should be looked in too.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It would be great to take a hard look at testing facilities and the trends from USPAP that show the results from applicants who have taken the certification and general tests. The results are shocking and show that testing facilities are manipulating the amount of appraisers entering the field. Consider this if you are a testing facility and you can fail over half of the applicants the first time well then you can pad your pockets when applicants come to retest. It is happening in every level as well as for instructors and should be looked in too.</p>
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