A Few Tips for Quicker Turn Times

Appraising is an always changing profession. Regularly, it seems, appraisers are asked to offer extra information or have steps added to their research. All of this is to ensure their client gets the best analysis possible. In order to stay current with the always changing requirements, Adam's Appraisal Services is continuously testing new tools and improving processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for you. At Adam's Appraisal Services we know that time is important to everybody, so here are a few items you can do to trim turn times on any appraisals you order with Adam's Appraisal Services:

  1. Are you ordering appraisals online? When you order online, you automatically receive e-mail confirmations that the order was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This tip single-handedly will save the most time! No longer do we have to re-key information from a fax, and nor will you wonder whether the order was received.

  2. Complete and accurate subject property information is crucial. Being just one number off on the street address can really add unnecessary time to an appraisal assignment. And if you have a tax parcel number, plat map number, subdivision name or anything else that uniquely identifies the property, please pass it along. We even welcome lists of recent sales from the area — however, remember that professional appraisers must always do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may differ from yours.

    3. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about your property or a job we're working on for you.

  3. Be sure to tell us about the property's distinct characteristics. It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter home. What takes time is analyzing how elements unique to a property contribute to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. When ordering your report, let us know if there are unique characteristics of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's had a recent addition constructed, it's subject to zoning restrictions, and it's predisposed to flooding. These are things we'd find out on our own anyway, and knowing them as early as possible will likely make your report arrive more quickly.

  4. Does the homeowner know what to expect? Setting an appointment with the homeowner can be one of the most tedious parts in the appraisal process. Some current homeowners are clearly uneasy with the fact that an unknown persons wants to come in their house, look around, and take lots of notes. Not uncommonly they think they have to make the place spotless before the appraiser comes by, under the impression that will make the house appraise higher . So they delay the inspection until it is cleaned.

    Hearing from you -- a trusted party with whom they already have a business relationship -- a little info about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't increase their home's value one bit, will help move the process along for everyone. Please feel free to point your clients to our website, where we have lots of pages of relevant information for homeowners and others about the appraisal process. Have them call us if they want to become familiar with the staff and our services. Remind them it benefits them to set the appointment promptly!

  5. Why not use our website as a resource to keep tabs on your report's status? Why are you still playing phone and fax tag when our website offers up-to-the-minute status updates available online, anytime, 24/7? As we complete each important milestone in an assignment, that information is available instantly to you online. It's never been easier to track your report's status.