Some Suggestions for Shorter Turn Times

Appraising is a constantly changing profession. Often, it seems, appraisers are asked to offer more information or have steps added to their process. All of this is to guarantee the end user receives the best information possible. To stay current with the always changing requirements, Precise Home Appraisals, LLC is constantly seeking additional tools and tweaking processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for you. Since Precise Home Appraisals, LLC knows that time is important to everyone, we've listed a few items you can do to trim turn times on any appraisals you order from Precise Home Appraisals, LLC.

Are you ordering appraisals online?: When you order online, you receive automatic e-mail notifications that the request was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. It's 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 received the request.
Are you providing complete and accurate information about the subject property?: There's nothing like being one number off on the street address to unnecessarily slow down 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 sales from the area is welcome — remember, however, that professional appraisers must always do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may be different from yours.
Are you letting us know up front any characteristics of the property that might make it distinct?: Cookie-cutter houses are relatively easy to appraise. What takes time is analyzing how differing elements add to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. When you order your report, let us know if there are unique characteristics of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's had a recent addition built on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's prone to flooding. While these are things that we'll find out on our own, knowing them early on makes your report arrive quicker.
Be sure the occupants know the the plan.: Confirming an appointment with the homeowner can be one of the most tedious parts in the appraisal process. Some current homeowners are understandably uneasy with the fact an outsider wants to come in their home, look around, and take abundant notes. A common belief is that they must make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection, with the notion that will increase the appraised value. So they put off the appointment until they can get around to cleaning.

Coming directly from you -- a person they have been working with on their loan -- a little info about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't make it more likely their sale will close, and can shorten the time it takes to inspect a home. Please feel free to point your customers to this website, where we have lots of pages of useful information for homeowners as well as others regarding the appraisal process. Encourage them to call us if they want to meet our staff and learn more about our services. And tell them it benefits them to set the appointment without delay!
Use our website to verify 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 can be viewed instantly online. There's no faster or easier way to track your report's status.