I am going through the process of selling my personal home. As an appraiser, who has walked through thousands and thousands of homes in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, I know the importance of marketing your home and knowing your audience. Read more…
Amanda Helfrich, an appraiser at Bell Ferris recently received her MAI designation in May 2016. The MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute is arguably the most difficult and prestigious designations in the professional real estate appraisal industry. The designation requires Read more…
People that I meet often want to ‘help’ me get more business. That’s great and I appreciate it. Most of them think that Realtors or brokers order the appraisals, or have some hand in where the appraisal order goes. However, Read more…
I have been appraising since 2003. Those were the ‘good ole days’ when we were completing 4 or 5 residential appraisals a day. The 1004 was a 2-page form plus pictures and sketch, no listings, no market addendum, etc… But, Read more…
If you are a residential appraiser, or know a residential appraiser, or have had your home appraised in the last 100 years by a residential appraiser, you should have heard by now that we (as appraisers) are 100% absolutely, positively Read more…
There has always been a separation between residential and commercial real estate. It’s not only the agents and brokers that are typically different, but the amount of information out there that can be accessed. I started, as I’ve mentioned in Read more…
I began my appraisal career in 2003 in Dayton, Ohio. (Cue music) The birds were singing and everyone got a mortgage in those days. Our firm completed thousands of appraisals each month; personally, I completed between 3 and 4 residential Read more…
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