Some Suggestions for Quicker Turn Times

The appraisal profession is always evolving. Commonly, it seems, appraisers are asked to include more information or have steps added to their data gathering. All of this is to guarantee their client has the best information possible. To keep up with the always changing requirements, Weaver Appraisal Group is always seeking additional tools and tweaking processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for you. At Weaver Appraisal Group we know that time is important to everybody, so we've listed some tips you can do to accelerate the process on any appraisals you order from Weaver Appraisal Group.

Are you ordering appraisals online?: With online ordering, you automatically receive e-mail notifications that the request was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This tip alone will save the most time! We don't have to re-key information from a fax, and you don't have to wonder whether we received the request.
Verify that the subject property data is accurate and complete.: There's nothing like being one number off on the street address to unnecessarily slow down 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. Even a list of recent area sales is welcome — though be advised that professional appraisers are lawfully required to do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours might differ from yours.
Be sure to tell us about the unique characteristics of this property.: Cookie-cutter homes are relatively easy to appraise. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how unique features 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 elements of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's had a recent addition built on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's susceptible to flooding. While these are things that we'd find out on our own, knowing them early on will likely make your report arrive sooner.
Be sure the homeowner knows the the plan.: One of the most tedious parts of the appraisal process is confirming an inspection date with the occupants of the home. We understand that a homeowner may be apprehensive with a stranger inspecting every square foot of their home, taking pictures, and making numerous notes. With the notion that it will make the house appraise for more money, many homeowners think they have to make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection. So they put off the appraisal inspection until it is cleaned.

Hearing it directly from you -- a person they have been working with on their loan -- a little info about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't change their home's value one little bit, and can decrease the time it takes to inspect a home. Please feel free to point your customers to our website, where we have lots of pages of useful information for homeowners as well as others regarding the appraisal process. They can even call us if they want to meet the staff and learn more about our services. And tell them it benefits them to set the appointment soon!
Why not our website as a resource to track the status of your report?: Phone and fax tag are a thing of the past with up-to-the-minute status updates available online, anytime, 24/7. As each important milestone in an assignment is completed, that information is available to you online. It's never been easier to keep track of the status of your report.