Five Steps to Faster Turn Times

Appraising is a constantly changing profession. Each year, it seems, appraisers are asked to provide extra information or have steps added to their data gathering. All to guarantee their client receives the best information to be had. To keep up with the always changing requirements, (208) 782-0233 is continuously testing additional tools and tweaking processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for you. At (208) 782-0233 we know that time is important to everybody, so we've listed some tips you can do to hasten the process every time you order an appraisal from (208) 782-0233.

Order your appraisals online.: By ordering online, you automatically receive e-mail confirmations that the assignment was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This is the single biggest time saver available to both of us! We don't have to re-key information from a fax, and you don't have to wonder whether the order was received.
Verify that the subject property information is accurate and complete.: There's nothing like being one number off on the street address to unnecessarily delay 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. Even a list of recent area sales is welcome — though be advised that professional appraisers must always do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may be different from yours.
Be sure to tell us about the property's unique elements.: Cookie-cutter houses are relatively easy to appraise. 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 details of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's had a recent addition constructed, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's susceptible to flooding. These are things we'd find out on our own anyway, and knowing them as early as possible is likely to make your report arrive earlier.
Do the occupants know what to expect?: Confirming an inspection time and date with the homeowner can be one of the most time consuming parts in the appraisal process. It's understandable for a homeowner to be uneasy with an unknown person looking in every square foot of their home, taking pictures, and making numerous notes. A common belief is that they must make the place spotless before the inspection, thinking that will make the house appraise higher. So they choose to not schedule the appointment until they have cleaned.

Coming from you -- someone they are working with on their loan -- some info about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't increase their home's value one little bit, and likely decrease the time it takes to inspect a home. Our website has many pages of relevant information about the appraisal process for homeowners. Please feel free to share it with your clients. They can even call us if they want to meet the staff and learn more about our services. Remind them it benefits them to set the appointment soon!
Are you using our website as a resource to keep track of your report's status?: Phone and fax tag are a thing of the past with up-to-the-minute status updates available online, anytime, 24/7. As we complete each important milestone in an assignment, that information can be viewed instantly online. There's no easier way to keep track of your report's status.