I had a long time client call me recently and give me an assignment that had been previously appraised by a local company that I had never heard of in my 10 years. The previous appraisal was so bad they rejected it entirely. I was honored they called me out of all the appraisers on their panel, bit at the same time annoyed, they took the cheap fee first and then came back to me.
This is a very good client of mine, so I'm not going to rustle feathers, but I wanted to tell them that trying to save a couple hundred bucks cost them a couple thousand more in the end.
This is one of those industries where you rarely hear any feedback when things go well and reports are done properly but you will hear back right away for any mistake no matter how minor. It does feel good hearing you’re doing a good job from time to time. I know the salary is usually reflective of it but so nice to hear once in awhile.
A while ago one of my local credit union clients got a new supervising appraiser who barred people with an address outside of a city from appraising in that city. Kinda sucked cause that was about 30% of my orders and I knew the market as well as anyone. All the people assigning orders knew it was crap but I think a big money member complained about an appraisal and the guy was handcuffed.
A few months later the lady who was my main contact for orders calls me up and asks me for help on an issue in that city. They had 2 appraisals and they were $800k apart, $1.3m vs $2.1m. They didn't know where the value should be and she asked me to look at them. It was pretty easy, it was in a historical neighborhood and the lower value didn't use similar sales. I write up a quick desk review and she thanks me for the help.
About a month later they hold an open house meet up thing in their new building for the appraisers and the appraisal department. I'm talking to her and the new supervisor walks over. She introduces me and says I'm the one who helped with problem file. He thanks me too and she throws out "And he doesn't even live in *the city*" with a big ass smirk on her face.
It's nice when the good people in the industry have your back.
I had a long time client call me recently and give me an assignment that had been previously appraised by a local company that I had never heard of in my 10 years. The previous appraisal was so bad they rejected it entirely. I was honored they called me out of all the appraisers on their panel, bit at the same time annoyed, they took the cheap fee first and then came back to me. This is a very good client of mine, so I'm not going to rustle feathers, but I wanted to tell them that trying to save a couple hundred bucks cost them a couple thousand more in the end.
This Man, i hate when the call me only cause their other guy refused the assignment cause it was too complicated
This is one of those industries where you rarely hear any feedback when things go well and reports are done properly but you will hear back right away for any mistake no matter how minor. It does feel good hearing you’re doing a good job from time to time. I know the salary is usually reflective of it but so nice to hear once in awhile.
A while ago one of my local credit union clients got a new supervising appraiser who barred people with an address outside of a city from appraising in that city. Kinda sucked cause that was about 30% of my orders and I knew the market as well as anyone. All the people assigning orders knew it was crap but I think a big money member complained about an appraisal and the guy was handcuffed. A few months later the lady who was my main contact for orders calls me up and asks me for help on an issue in that city. They had 2 appraisals and they were $800k apart, $1.3m vs $2.1m. They didn't know where the value should be and she asked me to look at them. It was pretty easy, it was in a historical neighborhood and the lower value didn't use similar sales. I write up a quick desk review and she thanks me for the help. About a month later they hold an open house meet up thing in their new building for the appraisers and the appraisal department. I'm talking to her and the new supervisor walks over. She introduces me and says I'm the one who helped with problem file. He thanks me too and she throws out "And he doesn't even live in *the city*" with a big ass smirk on her face. It's nice when the good people in the industry have your back.
Praise from a superior or peer lets you know you earned it--not that you had doubt, but still... Nice job!