5 Tips for Swifter Turn Times

The appraisal profession is evolving continuously. Regularly, it seems, appraisers are asked to include additional information or have steps added to their data gathering. All to guarantee their client is presented with the best data available. In order to keep up with the constantly changing requirements, Coleman Appraisals, LLC is continuously acquiring new tools and improving processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for more efficiently. At Coleman Appraisals, LLC we know that time is important to everybody, so below are a few items you can do to lessen turn times whenever you order an appraisal from Coleman Appraisals, LLC.

Always order your appraisals on the Internet.: When you order online, you get automatic e-mail acknowledgements that the assignment was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This tip single-handedly will save the most time! We don't have to retype information from a fax, and you don't have to wonder whether the order was received.
Complete and accurate subject property information is crucial.: Having just one number incorrect on the street address can really unnecessarily delay an appraisal assignment. Unique identifiers like a tax parcel number, plat map number, or subdivision name is great information 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 be different from yours.
Are you telling us up front any features of the property that might make it distinct?: It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter house. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how differing elements 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 characteristics of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's recently had an addition constructed, 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 sooner is likely to make your report arrive more quickly.
Let the occupants know what to expect.: Confirming an inspection time and date with the homeowner can be one of the most inefficient tasks in the appraisal process. We understand that a homeowner may be apprehensive with an outsider looking in every corner of their home, taking pictures, and making copious notes. A common belief is that they need to make the place spotless before the appraiser comes by, having the thought that will make the house appraise higher. And will reschedule the appointment until they have cleaned.

Hearing it directly from you -- the person they have been working with on their loan -- a short explanation about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't increase their home's value one little bit, and likely go a long way toward trimming the time it takes to inspect a home. Please feel free to point your clients to this website, where we have multiple pages of helpful information for homeowners and others regarding the appraisal process. Have them call us if they want to familiarize themselves with our staff and services. And tell them it benefits them to set the appointment quickly!
Our website is a great resource for verifying 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 we complete each important milestone in an assignment, that information can be viewed instantly online. It's never been easier to keep track of the status of your report.