Indispensable Appraisers Podcast

Evolve your people who can change their minds faster resulting in better decisions. If not, are we experts in the world that doesn't exist anymore?

Vendor management will add an additional hurdle for commercial fee appraisers to continue to do bank work. Learn about SOC and penetration testing. Time for appraisers to form a group to save on cost and share knowledge.

Having peer discussions provides camaraderie and insight on best practices for fee and bank appraisers. Learn about FIVA Financial Institution Valuation Advisors.

The biggest issue for many commercial appraisal firms is the lack of effectively implemented technology and clearly communicated expectations.

Banks: "What we’re currently getting now isn’t very good." Appraisers: "We can do these profitably and without liability?" Learn things: 1. Superior option for banks, reduce “hit or miss” quality. 2. Add value for your bank clients. 3. Lucrative and scalable product for appraisers. 4. Hire non-appraisers, new entrepreneurial model. 5. Diversification improves business success and longevity. Deb Cl...

Take a few minutes to learn a few things about the office market (not the obvious Covid stuff) with Carlo Bruno. Important take-aways: * What are your assumptions for renewal probability? * Understand key tenants desire for flexibility in renewal. * Evaluate their ability to have a hybrid workforce. * Renewal probability spectrum – less space going forward. * Space churn – rollover frequency incre...

Ernie Lopez,  MAI, AI-GRS, MBA, Chief Appraiser at East West Bank and  Jeff Hicks, MAI, RealWired's President discuss: How would it feel to  have a profitable appraisal department?  www. RealWired.com

Heidi Lee, MAI, YouConnect’s Chief Compliance Consultant and Jeff Hicks,  MAI, RealWired's President discuss: Getting the "right" appraiser to do  your reviews, either in-house or external to the bank. www. RealWired.com

Heidi Lee, MAI, YouConnect’s Chief Compliance Consultant and Jeff Hicks,  MAI, RealWired's President discuss: As an appraisal manager or chief  appraiser, how are you handling your evaluations? www. RealWired.com

Heidi Lee, MAI, YouConnect’s Chief Compliance Consultant and Jeff Hicks,  MAI, RealWired's President discuss what to expect pre and post-merge.  www. RealWired.com

Heidi Lee, MAI, YouConnect’s Chief Compliance Consultant and Jeff Hicks,  MAI, RealWired's President discuss Chief Appraiser's No. 1 Stress,  Lender Push Back. www. RealWired.com

Rob Landis, Owner, Commercial Appraisal Management at L-CAM and Jeff  Hicks, MAI, RealWired's President discuss: The best way to review  appraisals. www. RealWired.com

Why are your risk evaluation groups swamped? Are you getting everything you need with your appraisal environmental workflow platform? Buy back your time with YouConnect.

The appraisal industry is dying… or is it? How are industry is lacking the confidence to change. The confidence to embrace technology. Especially collaboration with your employees. Aspirational goals. Opportunity is where you look.

No. 1 frustration, RMs lack of details. Manage the process. Phone tag not a fun game. Appraisal and environmental platform solution, YouConnect.

Start asking the question, what if, how about and should we? An appraisal platform will bring productivity meeting SLA requirements, transparency and confidence from the lending side.

Have as many conversations with your customer as possible. Participate in your customer's community. Get of your own head and listen to your clients.

Move away from a transactional management style of micromanagement. Move towards transformational leadership style and encourage staff ideation. Stop the chronic, "I'm swamped."

Commercial appraisers knew a lot of stuff that other people don't know. Take an honest look where you out are in your career, consider a huge infusion of motivation, excitement and productivity mojo. What you do as an appraiser matters.

Do you find yourself energised excited about creating your appraisal product? Service your client innew and fun ways, revamp your format, reposition your value prop. Offer some new products. Make some new donuts.

For those responsible for valuation in banks, avoid lender pushback friction. Use appraisal workflow to facilitate cooperation with SLA metrics and performance benchmarks.

How do you effectively answer questions from your lenders, reviewers, auditors, regulators and upper management? Buy back your time with an effective appraisal workflow software platform.

Commercial appraisers biggest challenge is to spend more time on the valuation. Create a quarterly game plan. Create momentum. Make a plan.

Commercial appraisers create confidence to facilitate buyers and sellers moving to a successful conclusion. Creates deal flow facilitating economic stimulus for many channels.

Myth 1: Switching to the established players new platform is the path of least resistance. Myth 2: Appraisal workflow platforms are all the same. Myth 3: No one ever got fired by going with IBM.