Some Hints for Quicker Turn Times

Appraising is an always changing profession. Often, it seems, appraisers are asked to provide additional information or have steps added to their appraisal process. They do this additional work to guarantee the end user gets the best data available. To keep up with the constantly changing requirements, E.Barbara Real Property Appraisals LLC is always acquiring additional tools and tweaking processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for more effectively. Since E.Barbara Real Property Appraisals LLC knows that time is important to everyone, we've listed some items you can do to lessen turn times on any appraisals you order with E.Barbara Real Property Appraisals LLC.

Order your appraisals on the Internet.: With online ordering, you automatically get e-mail confirmations that the request 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 retype information from a fax, and you don't have to wonder whether we got the request.
Complete and accurate subject property information is crucial.: Having just one number incorrect on the street address can really add unnecessary time to an appraisal assignment. Unique identifiers like a tax parcel number, plat map number, or subdivision name is good information to include with the request. We even welcome lists of recent sales in the area — though be advised that professional appraisers are lawfully required to do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours might differ from yours.
Are you letting us know up front any characteristics of the property that might make it distinct?: It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter home. What takes time is analyzing how elements unique to a property add to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. At the time you order your report, be sure to 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. While these are things that we'd find out on our own, knowing them early on will likely make your report arrive without delay.
Did you make the occupants of the home aware of what to expect?: One of the most time consuming tasks of the appraisal process is setting an appointment with the homeowner. Some homeowners are clearly apprehensive with the thought an unknown persons wants to come in their home, look around, and make lots of notes. A common belief is that they need to make the place spotless before the inspection, under the impression that will increase the value. So they put off the appointment until it is cleaned.

Coming from you -- someone they've been working with on their loan -- some info about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't change their home's value one little bit, and can decrease the appraisal inspection time. Please feel free to point your customers 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 our staff and services. Remind them it benefits them to set the appointment as soon as possible!
Are you using our website as a resource to verify 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 each important milestone in an assignment is completed, that information is available to you online. It's never been easier and faster to keep track of the status of your report.