A Few Steps to Quicker Turn Times
Appraising is a constantly changing profession. Often, it seems, appraisers are asked to offer extra information or have steps added to their appraisal process. All of this is to ensure their client receives the best data to be had. To stay current with the constantly changing requirements, Legacy Appraisal Services, Inc. is always acquiring new tools and improving processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for you. At Legacy Appraisal Services, Inc. we know that time is important to everybody, so below are a few items you can do to hasten the process whenever you order an appraisal from Legacy Appraisal Services, Inc..
- Are you ordering appraisals online?
- By ordering online, you automatically receive e-mail notifications that the request was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This is the single biggest time saver available to both of us! No longer do we have to re-key information from a fax, and nor will you wonder whether the order was received.
- Are you providing complete and accurate data about the subject property?
- Having just one number incorrect 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 are lawfully required to do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may be different from yours.
If you have any questions about your property or an appraisal we're working on for you, feel free to contact us
- Tell us up front of the property's unique details.
- Cookie-cutter houses are relatively easy to appraise. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how details unique to a property contribute 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 elements 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. These are things we'll find out on our own anyway, and knowing them sooner makes your report arrive earlier.
- Are you making the homeowner of the home aware of what to expect?
- Confirming an inspection time and date with the homeowner can be one of the most tedious steps in the appraisal process. Many current homeowners are clearly uncomfortable with the idea an unknown persons wants to come in their house, look around, and make numerous notes. One common belief is that they ought to make the place spotless before the appraiser comes by, having the thought that will make the house appraise for more money. And will reschedule the appointment until they have cleaned.
Hearing from you -- a person they are working with on their loan -- a little info 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 go a long way toward trimming the time it takes to inspect a home. I encourage you to point your clients to this website, where we have multiple pages of helpful information for homeowners as well as others about the appraisal process. Have them call us if they want to become familiar with the staff and our services. Remind them it's in their interest to set the appointment without delay!
- Why not our website as a resource to verify your report's status?
- No more phone and fax tag. Up-to-the-minute status updates are available online, anytime, 24/7. As we complete each important milestone in an assignment, that information is available instantly to you online. It's never been faster and easier to keep track of your report's status.
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