Valutrust Turns the ROV Into a Pressure Tool
Valutrust demonstrated with stunning clarity that the real threat to independence is not the lender at all, but the AMC that believes it can steer value without consequence. Every so often a social media post surfaces that exposes the AMC problem with such clarity that it almost reads like satire. One recent social media post described an exchange with a Valutrust staff appraiser that perfectly illustrates how far some AMCs have drifted from anything resembling appraiser independence. The staff appraiser opened with the classic AMC dominance line. I have been appraising longer than you have been alive. It is the...
