Five Tips for Faster Turn Times

Appraising is an always changing profession. Every year, it seems, appraisers are asked to supply more information or have steps added to their process. They do this extra work to ensure the end user receives the best information available. To stay current with the continuously changing requirements, Treasure Coast Appraisals is always seeking additional tools and tweaking processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for you. Since Treasure Coast Appraisals knows that time is important to everyone, we've listed a few tips you can do to accelerate the process on any appraisals ordered from Treasure Coast Appraisals.

Are you ordering appraisals online?: By ordering online, you automatically get e-mail confirmations that the order was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. Ordering online 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 we received the request.
Make sure that the subject property information is accurate and complete.: There's nothing like being one number off on the street address to add unnecessary time to an appraisal assignment. Unique identifiers like a tax parcel number, plat map number, or subdivision name is great information to include with the request. We even welcome lists of recent sales from the area — though be advised that professional appraisers must always do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours might differ from yours.
Let us know up front of the property's unique elements.: Cookie-cutter houses are relatively easy to appraise. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how differing elements add 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 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 makes your report arrive without delay.
Set proper expectations with the occupants.: One of the most time consuming parts of the appraisal process is confirming an appointment with the current homeowner. It's understandable for a homeowner to be uncomfortable with an unknown person looking in every corner of their home, taking photos, and making copious notes. Not uncommonly they think they ought to make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection, with the belief that will increase the appraised value. And will reschedule the appointment until the house is cleaned.

Coming from you -- someone they have been working with on their loan -- a little bit about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't make it more likely their sale will close, and can decrease the appraisal inspection time. Our website has lots of pages of helpful information about the appraisal process for homeowners. Please feel free to share it with your customers. Have them call us if they want to meet the staff and learn more about our services. Remind them it's to their advantage to set the appointment without delay!
Why not our website as a resource to verify 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. There's no easier way to track the status of your report.