Five Tips for Quicker Turn Times

The appraisal profession is evolving at all times. Often, it seems, appraisers are asked to supply more information or have steps added to their process. All to guarantee the end user has the best data to be had. To keep up with the always changing requirements, Appraisal Quest Co. (805) 469-3088 is always acquiring new tools and improving processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for more efficiently. Since Appraisal Quest Co. (805) 469-3088 knows that time is important to everyone, we've listed a handful of items you can do to lower turn times whenever you order an appraisal from Appraisal Quest Co. (805) 469-3088.

Are you ordering appraisals online?: With online ordering, you receive automatic e-mail confirmations that the order was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This is the single biggest time saver available to both of us! We don't have to retype information from a fax, and you don't have to wonder whether the order was received.
Make sure that the subject property information is accurate and complete.: Being just one number off 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 in the area — though be advised that professional appraisers must always do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may be different from yours.
Tell us up front of the property's distinct characteristics.: It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter home. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how unique details add to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. Let us know up front when you order your report if there are unique characteristics of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's had a recent addition put on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's predisposed to flooding. While these are things that we'll find out on our own, knowing them as early as possible is likely to make your report arrive quicker.
Does the homeowner know what to expect?: One of the most inefficient parts of the appraisal process is setting an appointment with the homeowner. It's understandable for a homeowner to be apprehensive with an unknown person inspecting every corner of their home, taking photos, and making lots of notes. Many commonly think they need to make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection, believing that will increase the value. So they reschedule the inspection until they have cleaned.

Hearing from you -- a 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 affect their home's value one little bit, and likely shorten the time it takes to inspect a home. I encourage you to point your customers to our website, where we have several pages of useful information for homeowners and others describing the appraisal process. Encourage them to call us if they want to become familiar with our staff and services. Remind them it's in their interest to set the appointment quickly!
Are you using our website as a resource to track your report's status?: 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 to you online. It's never been easier to keep track of your report's status.