Appraiser Income

21st June 2011

DataQuick is hiring Certified Appraisers

DataQuick is hiring experienced Appraisers in the below markets to join our panel as a Staff Appraiser.

Focus Markets:

Phoenix, AZ
Southern California, Sacramento & Oakland, CA
Boulder & Denver, CO
Connecticut – Statewide
Atlanta, GA
Chicago, IL
Indianapolis, IN
Kansas City, KS
Cincinnati, OH and Northern KY
Washington, DC / Southern MD
Boston, MA
Detroit, MI
Saint Louis & Kansas City, MO
Las Vegas, NV
Northern NJ
New York City Metro & Long Island, NY
Providence, RI
Nashville, TN
Dallas, Houston, San Antonio & Austin, TX
Salt Lake City, UT
Seattle, WA
Milwaukee, WI

Qualifications:

Appraiser must be a Certified Residential appraise or higher, FHA approval a plus but not required, 5 years experience and successfully complete a criminal background check.

Responsibilities:

* Complete appraisals in compliance with all applicable Federal and State Laws or regulations, USPAP, FIRREA, Appraisal Independence and Company requirements.
* Properly maintain licenses or state certifications to perform the duties of an Appraiser and notify the Company of any change in status of license or state certification.

If you are an individual appraiser and cover any of the areas listed above, please email your resume, coverage area and phone number to vendmgmt@dataquick.com.

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18th June 2011

Free UAD Training for ACI Users

I haven’t tried any of their training courses before, but I am going to try out some of their UAD training since I use ACI.

June 2011
Date Time Event Registration
June 22 3pm ACI Report Essentials Register
June 28 10am New! How to Comply with UAD Using ACI Software Register
June 29 3pm ACI Track Essentials Register
June 29 4pm New! What Is UAD? Register
June 30 2pm New! How to Comply with UAD Using ACI Software Register
June 30 5pm New! What Is UAD? Register

July 2011
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13th June 2011

Please Help

Vote For Me VIDEO

I am asking all my fellow appraisers to help me out with the ‘San Diego’s Best 2011‘! Thank you for helping me get nominated!!!

You have to create a simple account to vote. Please help, it will only take a couple minutes to sign up and cast your vote. It really only takes a minute.

Please create an account and place your vote for ‘Bryan Knowlton’ today!

http://www.signonsandiego.com/accounts/login/?next=/bestof/2011/vote/real-estate/appraiser/

You wield almighty power in the 15th annual San Diego’s Best Readers’ Poll. Click on the categories on this page and VOTE your “best”. Your voice will not only be heard, it’s quantified. But hurry. You can only VOTE through June 27, 2011. You can VOTE once per DAY.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/bestof/2011/real-estate/

The Voting will take place June 3 through 27. Winners will be announced in September in the Union-Tribune and on SignOnSanDiego.com.

So nominate, and tell the world that you helped decide which places are among “San Diego’s Best.”

Please help me out by http://www.signonsandiego.com/accounts/login/?next=/bestof/2011/vote/real-estate/appraiser/ registering and placing your vote today!
Thank you!

Bryan Knowlton
http://www.appraiserincome.com

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3rd June 2011

Have you noticed an increase in appraisal orders?

FINALLY! Is all I have to say…

I don’t know what happened in April 2011 other than the customary and reasonable hoax going down on us, but it was also a near end of my appraisal orders from appraisal management companies.

Well, it seems like near the end of last week and all this week I have had a steady stream of appraisal requests coming to my in box. I still have to toss out half of the requests or place calls or send emails requesting increases in fees, but for the most part appraisal orders seem to have a little increase.

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23rd May 2011

Kuempel Bill passes in Texas Legislature

AUSTIN—Representative Kuempel (R-Suguin) passed house bill 1146 to establish a reasonable registration and regulatory structure for appraisal management companies operating within Texas.

As a result of the implementation of HVCC and the following outsourcing by many financial institutions to have appraisal management companies manage appraisers fulfilling appraisal assignments, the AMCs have grown tremendously over the years without any government oversight.

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19th May 2011

TAVMA responds to Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

TAVMA
Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
20th Street and Constitution Avenue, Northwest
Washington, DC 20551

Re: Interim Final Rule – Customary and Reasonable Fee Stipulation

Dear Ms. Johnson:

The Title Appraisal Vendor Management Association(“TAVMA”) wishes to express its views about the misinformation being disseminated by appraisal organizations and publications about the Federal Reserve’s Interim Final Rule and Appraisal Management Companies (“AMC’s”). TAVMA is a national trade association of real estate settlement services providers including many leading appraisal management companies.

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12th May 2011

Appraising & Attempting Suicide

What do the two have in common?

This is a first for me.

Driving over the Coronado Bridge today on my way to do an appraisal (which happened to be rescheduled from 9am to a later time of 11am), traffic was nearly at a standstill. Rounding a car parked on the side I saw a lady swigging from a wine bottle while looking over the side. I was shocked nobody else was stopped. Well, I pulled in front of her car and started talking with her. After telling me her car broke down and that she was just waiting for a tow truck, I stayed within arm reach of her and tried to talk to her. After about 5 minutes of getting nowhere and no police yet she was getting irritated with me asking her questions and kept telling me to leave.

…continue reading the rest of this post: Appraising & Attempting Suicide

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12th May 2011

FANNIE MAE tutorial on the Uniform Appraisal Dataset – UAD

FANNIE MAE tutorial on the Uniform Appraisal Dataset.

You can find it at this website:
http://fanniemae.articulate-online.com/ContentRegistration.aspx?DocumentID=77856aa3-4df3-4e13-895b-4e71b79a7ed7&Cust=77787&ReturnUrl=%2Fp%2F7778730514

On good authority FANNIE MAE is having a Q & A session on May 19, 2001 about the tutorial. It appears you must take the tutorial to be allowed to participate in the Q & A session.

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10th May 2011

The Busy Appraiser #10 – Current issues and Google Places

In this episode I talk about the current state of the appraisal industry, low fees and how the AGA Appraisers Guild of America is getting involved to get changes made through legislature.

I also expand on Google Places and why it is so important to get your company listed in Google Places and make sure your listing is 100% complete.

Here is the video I referred to in the podcast, enjoy and sign up to the YouTube channel for more information on small business marketing!