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Q&A: Is It Time to Take On an Appraisal Trainee?

McKissock

It’s more to your advantage to look at it as training a productive employee. Then you can bring on new clients; you’ll have sufficient staff for higher-volume periods—and, while you’re training the new people, you’re revisiting the basics and refreshing your own skills. Or you might just not like the process of training other people.

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Appraisers: Watch for Concessions and Kickbacks

Appraisal Today

I have taken many of his seminars over the years. Offer more valuation products (11%) Upgrade your license so that you can appraise more property types (8%) Market yourself as an expert in a specific niche (9%) “I made it through the last recession by offering my expertise for insurance appraisals in mobile home parks.