A Few Tips for Faster Turn Times

Appraising is an always changing profession. Commonly, it seems, appraisers are asked to offer additional information or have steps added to their data gathering. They do this additional work to ensure their client receives the best information possible. In order to keep up with the always changing requirements, Weaver Appraisal Group is constantly testing additional tools and improving processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for quickly. At Weaver Appraisal Group we know that time is important to everybody, so we've listed a few things you can do to speed up the process whenever you order an appraisal from Weaver Appraisal Group.

Are you ordering appraisals online?: By ordering online, you automatically receive e-mail confirmations that the assignment was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. It's the single biggest time saver available to both of us! No longer do we have to retype information from a fax, and nor will you wonder whether we received the order.
Make sure that the subject property data is accurate and complete.: Having just one number incorrect on the street address can really unnecessarily interrupt an appraisal assignment. Unique identifiers like a tax parcel number, plat map number, or subdivision name are helpful data to pass long with your assignment. We even welcome lists of recent sales from the area — remember, however, that professional appraisers must always do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may differ from yours.
Are you telling us up front any characteristics of the property that might make it unique?: It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter house. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how differing characteristics contribute to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. At the time you order your report, be sure to let us know if there are unique elements of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's recently had an addition built on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's prone to flooding. These are things we would find out on our own anyway, and knowing them early on is likely to make your report arrive sooner.
Did you make the occupants of the home aware of what to expect?: One of the most time consuming steps of the appraisal process is confirming an inspection date with the occupants of the home. Some current homeowners are justifiably uneasy with the notion an outsider wants to come in their home, look around, and make abundant notes. Not uncommonly they think they need to make the place spotless before the inspection, having the thought that will increase the value. And will put off the appraisal inspection until they can get around to cleaning.

Coming from you -- the person they've been working with on their loan -- some info about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't make it more likely their sale will close, and likely decrease the time it takes to inspect a home. Please feel free to point your clients to this website, where we have multiple pages of useful information for homeowners and others about the appraisal process. Advise them to call us if they want to become familiar with the staff and our services. And tell them it benefits them to set the appointment soon!
Use our website to follow your report's status.: Phone and fax tag are a thing of the past with up-to-the-minute status updates available online, anytime, 24/7. As we complete each important milestone in an assignment, that information is instantly available to you online. There's no easier way to keep track of the status of your report.