My name is Kevin P. Grant. You could definitely call me a small-town guy, having been raised by a pair of pretty amazing parents in the small town of Sheboygan, WI. I majored in Business and Finance ...

Ever have an underwriter ask for more information on an appraisal or need some clarification on one of your appraisals? What is behind this? Is it the lender, if so, why are they asking? Is it the AMC ...

Join Ernie Durbin and Bill Waltenbaugh as they discuss how to improve your business by going paperless. A paperless appraisal office is certainly environmentally friendly in a “green” sense. However ...

If we were chicken little and watching what is happening with the lenders, we might say the sky is about to fall – drying up the main source of revenue for so many appraisal companies. If your new ...

Data nerds get ready! Today, Hal and Jim are joined by Chase Pursley, founder of Appraisal Inbox and JobsinAppraisal.com, who recently took a deep dive into Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) data. We’re ...

Did that great bluesman, Robert Leroy Johnson (1911-1938), travel to the crossroads of Highways 61 and 49 in Clarksdale, Mississippi? There, at midnight, so the legend goes, did he get down on his ...

While the AMC Final Rules are not intended for appraisers, appraisers are certainly stakeholders. In this pre-recorded webinar Alan Hummel, Senior VP and Chief Appraiser for Forsythe Appraisals, and ...

Last fall, we put out a call for nominations for our first inaugural Buzzy Awards. We wanted to recognize outstanding appraisers and firms and others in the industry from around the country. In this ...

This article was reposted with permission from Chase Pursley. See original article here. Using data from the Appraisal Subcommittee’s (ASC) Federal Registry, we’ve analyzed the licensing of real ...

Robert Schiff is a life-long resident of New Jersey. He was raised in South Brunswick. Bob attended Stockton State College near Atlantic City. After graduation, Bob’s career started in sales. He ...

Over the past year I’ve read a lot about appraiser shortages. Some articles argue there is currently a shortage while others say one is looming.

In this episode, we sit down with Paul Chandler, a leading voice in the appraisal industry. As President of the Northern California Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and Chair of the Industry ...