5 Suggestions for Quicker Turn Times

Appraising is an always changing profession. Every year, it seems, appraisers are asked to offer additional information or have steps added to their appraisal process. They do this extra work to guarantee the end user gets the most useful analysis. In order to keep up with the continuously changing requirements, R.M. Rose is always seeking additional tools and tweaking processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for you. Since R.M. Rose knows that time is important to everyone, below are a handful of things you can do to decrease turn times whenever you order an appraisal with R.M. Rose:

Always order your appraisals online. When you order online, you automatically get e-mail confirmations that the assignment was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. Online ordering is the single biggest time saver available to both of us! No longer do we have to manually enter information from a fax, and nor will you wonder whether the order was received.
Make sure that the subject property information is accurate and complete. Having just one number incorrect on the street address can really 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. 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 be different from yours.


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Are you letting us know up front any features of the property that might make it distinct? Cookie-cutter homes are relatively easy to appraise. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how differing characteristics 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, and it's predisposed to flooding. These are things we'll find out on our own anyway, and knowing them as early as possible is likely to make your report arrive faster.
Does the homeowner know what to expect? One of the most inefficient steps of the appraisal process is setting an appointment with the current homeowner. Some homeowners are clearly uneasy with the notion that a stranger wants to come in their house, look around, and take abundant notes. One common belief is that they must make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection, with the notion that will increase the value and will reschedule the appraisal inspection until they have cleaned.

Coming from you -- a trusted party with whom they are already working -- a little bit about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't make a significant difference in their home's value, will help move the process along for everyone. I encourage you to point them to our website, where we have lots of pages of helpful information for homeowners and others regarding the appraisal process. Have them call us if they want to meet the staff and learn more about our services. Remind them it's to their advantage to set the appointment quickly!
Our website is a great resource for keeping tabs on the status of your report. 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 can be viewed instantly online. There's no faster way to keep track of the status of your report.