A Few Suggestions for Quicker Turn TimesAppraising is an always changing profession. Every year, it seems, appraisers are asked to present additional information or have steps added to their data gathering. All of this is to guarantee their client gets the best data possible. In order to keep up with the continuously changing requirements, Blue Sky Appraisals is continuously researching additional tools and improving processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for you. At Blue Sky Appraisals we know that time is important to everybody, so we've listed a few items you can do to lower turn times every time you order an appraisal with Blue Sky Appraisals:
- Always order your appraisals on the Internet. With online ordering, you automatically receive e-mail notifications that the assignment was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This tip alone will save the most time! We don't have to manually enter information from a fax, and nor will you wonder whether the order was received.
- Make sure that the subject property data is accurate and complete. Having just one number incorrect on the street address can really add unnecessary time to 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 are lawfully required to do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may differ from yours.
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If you have any questions about your property or an assignment we're working on for you, you're always free to contact us |
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- Tell us up front of the property's distinct features. It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter house. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how unique details contribute to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. Let us know up front when ordering your report if there are unique features of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's had a recent addition constructed, it's subject to zoning restrictions, and it's prone to flooding. These are things we'll find out on our own anyway, and knowing them sooner makes your report arrive without delay.
- Do the occupants know what to expect? One of the most time consuming tasks of the appraisal process is confirming an inspection date with the occupants of the home. Many homeowners are clearly uncomfortable with the fact that an unknown persons wants to come in their home, look around, and take lots of notes. With the Notion that it will increase the appraised value, many homeowners believe they should make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection and will put off the appraisal inspection until they have cleaned.
Hearing it directly from you -- a trusted party with whom they are already working -- a little knowledge about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't increase their home's value one bit, will help move the process along for everyone. Please feel free to point your customers to our website, where we have multiple pages of relevant information for homeowners as well as others regarding the appraisal process. Have them call us if they want to meet our staff and learn more about our services. Remind them it benefits them to set the appointment without delay!
- Our website is a great resource for following the status of your report. 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 each important milestone in an assignment is completed, that information is available instantly to you online. It's never been easier to keep track of your report's status.
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