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1st April 2011

All Appraisal Management companies now paying FULL FEE APPRAISALS

Wow! It is amazing. It looks like all the work banding together as an industry has worked. All the appraisal orders I received today were in the $300-$400 range! Dodd-Frank really came through on this one.

The federal government must have really put the scare in to the appraisal management companies and laid down the law.

The Appraisal Subcommittee even gave me a call back and sent out a few reply emails concerning my questions that were previously left unanswered prior to today, 04/01.

I guess I shouldn’t have been so opinionated regarding comments like ‘I won’t hold my breath’ and ‘business as usual’, etc…

Things really can be different, things really can change.

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30th March 2011

April 1st is right around the corner

Do you think you will see much change regarding Customary and Reasonable fees come April 1st? It sounds like we are going to have to take up law school to straighten out this question.

Below is an article I received from WorkingRE.com on the subject of Customary & Reasonable Fees.

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25th March 2011

Welcome to Appraiser Income

How to get more appraisal orders in 2024

I really need to update this old video! If you are looking for work and have not signed up to all the AMC’s sending work in your area, I urge you to order the new 2024 AMC Directory. There has been quite a few new AMCs added and removed over the past 12 months.

If you would like to know a little bit more about me and why I write this blog, please visit this post A little about me – Bryan Knowlton

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25th March 2011

CoreLogic VP speaks on upcoming changes to appraisal fees – customary and reasonable

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011, 2:39 pm

David Feldman is vice president, government affairs at CoreLogic Valuations. He sits down with HousingWire to talk about the impending deadline on appraiser fees under new regulation.

HousingWire: On April 1, the new “customary and reasonable” appraiser fees under Dodd-Frank take effect. What are they and is the industry ready?

David Feldman: According to Dodd-Frank and the Interim Final Rule, appraisers must be paid at a rate that is customary and reasonable for appraisal services in the market area of the property being appraised. The IFR interprets the language of Dodd-Frank to signify that the marketplace should be the primary determiner of the value of appraisal services.

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25th March 2011

Appraisers! Make more money Next Week!

Thanks to everyone that has responded regarding the oxygen concentrator for my Mom. I still haven’t found one (that I can afford), but I am sure I will get there.

Since it is Friday, I am going to give you a game plan for next week. My appraisal work has been coming in waves lately, so I have been doing a lot of work following up with all the appraisal management companies I have worked for over the past year, updating my information and inquiring about work.

I have 5 great tips for you. You have to do this next week!

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7th March 2011

The only thing I’m addicted to right now is winning.

Those are some infamous words from Charlie Sheen. We all need to win from time to time.

On a more serious note, I have had probably the slowest week in the past 3 years last week. I was seriously wondering what was going down, but I think it has been a little slow across the country.

Luckily I picked up a couple estate appraisal orders over the weekend. Now is a great time to focus on getting internet orders for estate, date of death, divorce and bankruptcy.

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18th February 2011

The Busy Appraiser #6 – Rolatape Measurer

In this podcast I talk a little about my current appraisal assignment and some excellent tools I use to measure out properties.

To help get more people signed up to my Appraiser Marketing System and reward the appraisers that are currently signed up, every month I will be giving away one Rolatape MM-12 Measure Master at the end of each month.

This roller measurer rules! I can’t wait to start giving them out! The first one I give out will be on 02/28/2011. On the last day of each month I will continue to give out more roller measures until I decide to change to another give away.

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18th February 2011

Appraiser Marketing System – FREE GIVE AWAY

I have decided to have a monthly give away for everyone that is currently signed up to the appraiser marketing system and to get more appraisers to sign up.

http://appraiserincome.com/appraiser-marketing-system/

If you have not signed up yet, make sure you sign up. My marketing system will teach you all the techniques I use to get appraisal orders online, offline and to get the most out of the appraisal management companies.

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17th February 2011

I passed my Broker Exam!

No, I am not going over to the dark side!

I thought it would be a good idea to expand my real estate knowledge and decided to get a real estate broker license. You never know what will happen in the appraisal industry and I always like to have a plan B whenever possible.

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2nd February 2011

Appraiser Coalitions by State – GET INVOLVED!

Please get involved with your local appraiser coalition. We must come together as an industry if we want things to change.

For too long we have been a very individualistic community of appraisers, closed off to local and even national appraisers. Always watching our backs and never really helping each other out. We have even go as far as criticizing our peers and infighting.

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