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What is Your Appraiser Level? Why Does It Make a Difference?

Appraisal Today

Even the larger appraisal firms (with deep pockets) who’ve spent the last few years aggressively training and recruiting appraisers, acquiring small appraisal firms, and rolling up their competitors have rapidly changed their tone. Definitely the best book on this topic I have ever seen. Budget cuts. Retraction.

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6 best real estate schools in Colorado for 2024

Housing Wire

Colibri Real Estate will definitely be appreciated by those who prefer a modern, visually-appealing online platform. Their greatest strength is the design of all their course offerings at a great price. Exam Prep: Exam prep course with focused summary exams on each subject, as well as practice tests, and exam guide books.

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6 best online real estate courses in New York (NY) for 2024

Housing Wire

Most of the self-paced courses feature e-books, a course manual, and audible course summaries to help you retain key real estate concepts and prepare for the state exam. Students who enroll in a Basic course can also purchase books, tutoring services, and exam prep a la carte.

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Can 3-D printed homes help solve the housing crisis?

Housing Wire

To Ballard, 3D printing technology is evolving to solve a crisis in modern day America and the world: The failure to meet people’s demand for housing. Ideally, an engineer designs a model of what they want on software, from an air duct to a prosthetic limb, and it is precisely printed out. Part of the toolbox.

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Appliances for FHA appraisals

Appraisal Today

Rare Pair of Rock Homes in Palm Springs for Less Than $750K each Excerpts: Two rustic homes for sale in Palm Springs, CA, were designed by an overlooked maestro of 1920s organic architecture. Set on a hill above a desert filled with midcentury modern homes, this duo of dwellings is part of the Hopi Village group of rock residences built by R.

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Tips on appraising new construction homes

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on VA appraisals, appraisal modernization, eliminate VA panel, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. Two of the characters in the book, Scurry and Sniff, are willing to do whatever it takes to find the cheese. Read this article and the classic book.

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Reconsideration of Value and Appraisers

Appraisal Today

Maintain USPAP compliance – Confirm the ROV request came from your client, either directly or through the client’s AMC, acting as an agent for the client, or other party designated as an agent by the client. The importance of this cannot be overstated. How does the appraiser get through such anti-appraiser gyrations?