I recently completed the ERC course "The Relocation Appraisal Training Program" I signed up with ERC to promote my real estate forecasting skills with trend analysis. You may not be interested in joining another organization - but I would really recommend this course to anyone appraising homes f
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11/11/2008
I was recently contracted to perform a second FHA appraisal for a new construction. The builder thought this was odd since they had JUST had an FHA appraisal completed. I waited until they cleared it up with the lender and sure enough, the lender wanted a 2nd appraisal. When I drove out to see t
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11/06/2008
I have found for some reason, that some of the videos displayed in past blog posts, will occasionally not appear. Sometimes, you will get a small silver triangle where the video should be - and you can click on it to play. I was informed by some colleagues, that they were not able to access the
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11/05/2008
I have found recently that many neighborhoods in the Central Florida housing market, show significant differences between what a seller's expectations are and what is reality from the buyer. One example of this, is in a community south of Clermont, FL known as Westchester. There are presently
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11/03/2008
I recently completed an inspection for an appraisal of a home in my county. The home was a typical block ranch with needed updates to the flooring, painting, etc. But the home itself was pretty typical of the area. The neighbor's home had a fence around it and all seemed just fine to me at the
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10/31/2008
I contend that the real "hot button" is not the lowering of fees - but the inequity of appraisal standards. The trainees or newly licensed appraisers who cannot afford to open their own shop may indeed get a raise in fee by accepting an order for $200. That is logical and a true fact of the ma
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10/28/2008
I just started a new Yahoo Group today. This is a group to help new Appraisal Institute associates like myself, who are looking to find answers to the journey towards a designation and higher learning. In the past, I had joined another Yahoo group - but the level of spam and unmoderated posts - p
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10/27/2008
My church was actually supporting "Vote yes on 2". From the surface of what you hear in the news and blogs, etc - it all seemed worthwile if all the verbiage said was "marriage is defined as a union between 1 man and 1 woman". I would have no problem voting for that - as some have mentioned, th
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10/23/2008
I also wanted to pass along the web site link to order a very helpful DVD to teach the basics of charting with Excel. I learned my skills from Anthony Young who offers these training DVDs at: http://graphthetrend.net/ There are also some FREE intro videos on his site at http://graphthetrend.net/F
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10/20/2008
I wanted to share with anyone who may find this helpful, some quick ways to create valuable reports for your clients. Using simple Excel tools and your local MLS data - you can accomplish some significant graphs and charts to share with your customers: Video #1 - Exporting Data: Video #2 - Sortin
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10/20/2008
