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First person or third person - what's your reporting style - and why?

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Doing 30 Appraisals to fight tax assesment

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Sample Report

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Craig Farr commented on Ron Stalzer's group 'Arizona Appraisers'

The AZ Appraiser Conference a few weeks ago convinced me that appraisers really can unite. Yet I just don't see any fire in such a group opportunity as here. Is there simply no issue common to most appraisers and worthy of passion?

November 15, 2009

Craig Farr replied to B Houghton's discussion 'First person or third person - what's your reporting style - and why?'

Avoid either way. It is obvious that the appraiser developed the appraisal. Now let the appraisal be the subject. "I assume" or "this appraiser assumes" can be replaced with "this appraisal assumes". Etc. "I searched for data" or "this appraiser s…

November 9, 2009

Craig Farr replied to Victor Breuer's discussion 'Doing 30 Appraisals to fight tax assesment'

Why don't you KNOW if your appraisals "conform to USPAP"? If they don't, and you aren't a State-licensed/certified appraiser, you're okay. If they don't, and you ARE a State-licensed/certified appraiser, you can expect to meet the State Appraisal Bo…

October 29, 2009

Craig Farr replied to Cynthia's discussion 'FHA confuses LSI' in the group FHA Appraiser Tech Support

.....you all get credit for one of the answers as all their answers were INCORRECT! FHA may befuddle LSI, that's believable. But your post confuses me! Are you saying that LSI is using WRONG answers to grade its FHA exam? Are you saying that LSI i…

October 17, 2009

Craig Farr replied to Norman's discussion 'Sample Report'

I would also redact the Assessor Parcel Number and legal description. And the client's/lender's address. Also, be sure to not only redact the address on the 1004 but to redact the address on the flood and location maps. The plat map should be remove…

October 17, 2009

Craig Farr replied to Sandra Farrance's discussion '"Your status has been changed to Ineligible and will no longer accept appraisals performed by you"'

Do the easy thing. SHOOT THE MESSENGER. Where you find good food you will find sharp knives. Where you find good appraisals you will find good communication skills.

October 4, 2009

Craig Farr replied to stanley d. laster's discussion 'Adjustments for short sales or distress properties'

It is too bad that your MLS doesn't tag REOs and Shorts. But that is no excuse for not doing your own analysis for your own neighborhood. At the least you can do a basic analysis with just a few keystrokes. Identify a housing group in a specific n…

September 25, 2009

Craig Farr replied to Sandra Farrance's discussion '"Your status has been changed to Ineligible and will no longer accept appraisals performed by you"'

Wayne, with all due respect, if your appraisal reports contain the same tortured English as your comments in this blog I can't blame appraisal users for not wanting your work.

September 12, 2009

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Here's my web site:

http://arizonavaluation.com

I started appraising in:

June 5, 1972

I heard about the Appraisers Water Cooler from:

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I was hoping that Appraisers Watercooler would be a big success, attracting many to sign-in and leading to interesting discussions about contemporary issues truly needing addressed. AW has stalled. It has now deteriorated into an unnecessary and technical discussion by a few chattering (twitting? tweeting?) how to complete the 1004MC using homemade troublesome programs.
If a residential appraiser subscribes to a decent MLS and subscribes to a decent appraisal software provider, there is simply n… Continue

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