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Don Machholz Hangs up his Clipboard

Dave Towne — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 13:30:24 +0000

We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Don Machholz for his willingness to assist appraisers… Appraisers, A well respected appraiser who has voluntarily helped many of us has decided to hang up his clipboard, and remove the batteries from his laser measurer. I first became aware of Don Machholz back when the screwball GSE designed MC form was introduced in 2009. Don was one of the first appraisers who used his skills with Excel programming to design and distribute an Excel computation spreadsheet for the MC. Many appraisers have been using that, and his other Excel spreadsheets, ever since....

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Do You Laser? Watching the Red Dot

Dave Towne — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 12:30:43 +0000

Laser Measuring Tool One of the fastest and reliable ways to measure properties is with a laser distance measurer. These devices are accurate to 1/8th inch over long distances, not that we ever need that preciseness. I started in this business like most other appraisers using a 100′ tape and a 25-30′ tape. I still carry those in my ‘tool pouch’ when measuring, but a majority of the time I use my laser. There are times when I find the tapes better for a particular situation. There are several manufacturers of laser distance measurers, with probably the best known having...

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Don Machholz Hangs up his Clipboard

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