Five Suggestions for Faster Turn Times

The appraisal profession is evolving at all times. Regularly, it seems, appraisers are asked to offer additional information or have steps added to their process. All of this is to ensure their client has the best data available. To stay current with the continuously changing requirements, All State Appraisal Partners, Inc. is continuously testing new tools and improving processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for in less time. Since All State Appraisal Partners, Inc. knows that time is important to everyone, below are some things you can do to speed up the process when you order an appraisal with All State Appraisal Partners, Inc..

Are you ordering appraisals online?: When you order online, you automatically get e-mail confirmations that the assignment was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. Online ordering is the single biggest time saver available to both of us! We don't have to re-key information from a fax, and nor will you wonder whether we got the order.
Verify that the subject property information is accurate and complete.: There's nothing like being one number off on the street address to unnecessarily delay an appraisal assignment. Unique identifiers like a tax parcel number, plat map number, or subdivision name are helpful data to include with your request. Even a list of recent area sales is welcome — remember, however, that professional appraisers must always do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may differ from yours.
Let us know up front of the property's unique details.: Cookie-cutter homes are relatively easy to appraise. What takes time is analyzing how unique details 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 features of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's had a recent addition constructed, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's predisposed to flooding. These are things we would find out on our own anyway, and knowing them sooner makes your report arrive more quickly.
Did you make the occupants of the home aware of what to expect?: One of the most time consuming tasks of the appraisal process is setting an inspection date with the homeowner. We understand that a homeowner may be uneasy with an unknown person inspecting every square foot of their home, taking photos, and making copious notes. With the notion that it will make the house appraise higher, many homeowners believe they must make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection. And will reschedule the inspection until it is cleaned.

Hearing from you -- the person they have been working with on their loan -- some information 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 decrease the time it takes to inspect a home. Our website has multiple pages of relevant information about the appraisal process for homeowners. Please feel free to share it with your clients. They can even call us if they want to meet our staff and learn more about our services. And tell them it's to their advantage to set the appointment promptly!
Our website is a great resource for tracking 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 instantly to you online. It's never been easier and faster to keep track of the status of your report.

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