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Customer Story: Ohio Department of Transportation

GoForrmz

Challenge Completing over 700 projects a year, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) needed a more efficient and reliable means of completing and storing the extensive paperwork accompanying each project. Now completed forms are easily routed to key contacts, and SharePoint records are automatically updated.

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Will the Infrastructure Bill Affect the Real Estate Market?

Appraisal Buzz

Construction Sites Will Stay on Schedule. construction sites. About $17 billion will be used to strengthen ports that have suffered due to inflation, improving the supply chain for building and construction. You can pay attention to many indicators, but the recent infrastructure bill will reveal the most crucial information.

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“Human infrastructure” is about jobs and housing

Housing Wire

Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers show we’re suffering a shortage of more than 300,000 for skilled, trained workers in the building industry. That’s the case, even though construction work was designated essential from the pandemic’s outset. Their goals: Better pay and greater job stability. Meanwhile, U.S. Lesson two: Housing.

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Increasing Diversity in Appraisal Profession.

Appraisal Buzz

While there are some supervisors that do not want to train their competition, the main concern is will it be economically feasible to bring on a trainee. In the past, financial institutions were a viable training ground. Perhaps one neighborhood may have easy access to public transportation versus one that does not.

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New Year, New You: Transforming Your Appraisal Career in 2023

McKissock

Providing you have some supervisory appraiser or training experience and good management skills, you may be able to find appraisal training opportunities. Train future appraisers, collateral underwriters, AMC staff, real estate agents, and others in real estate appraisal.

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How to Conduct the Most Effective Columbus, Ohio Property Search

The Robert Weiler Company

Tip 4: Tap into Transportation. If you think you’ve found a great area that passes all of the aforementioned criteria, now it’s time to look into transportation. As a general rule of thumb, the more transportation options available, the more potential there is for future growth in the area. Central Ohio had over $5.8

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Home Appraisals – What Do They Look For?

D Fritz Appraisals

Home appraisers are trained to inspect and measure your property and perform comparisons that result in an accurate valuation for the current housing market. Home appraisals are not just for when someone is buying or selling a home for themselves however, they are also important for: New construction loans. Renovation loan assessments.

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