Five Steps to Shorter Turn Times

The appraisal profession is evolving constantly. Often, it seems, appraisers are asked to offer extra information or have steps added to their process. All of this is to ensure the end user is presented with the best data to be had. To keep up with the constantly changing requirements, Appraise Colorado Inc is continuously researching additional tools and tweaking processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for you. At Appraise Colorado Inc we know that time is important to everybody, so below are a few things you can do to accelerate the process each time you order an appraisal with Appraise Colorado Inc.

Order your appraisals on the Internet.: When you order online, you automatically receive e-mail notifications 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 retype information from a fax, and you don't have to wonder whether we received the request.
Complete and accurate subject property data is crucial.: There's nothing like being one number off on the street address to unnecessarily slow down 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. Even a list of recent area sales is welcome — 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.
Let us know up front of the property's distinct elements.: It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter home. What takes time is analyzing how unique details add 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 details of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's recently had an addition built on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's susceptible to flooding. While these are things that we'll find out on our own, knowing them as early as possible will likely make your report arrive without delay.
Did you make the homeowner of the home aware of what to expect?: Setting an inspection time and date with the homeowner can be one of the most time consuming parts in the appraisal process. Some homeowners are understandably uneasy with the notion an unknown persons wants to come in their house, look around, and make numerous notes. Some think they must make the place spotless before the inspection, thinking that will make the house appraise higher. And will reschedule the inspection until they have cleaned.

Hearing from you -- someone they have been working with on their loan -- some info about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't change their home's value one little bit, and likely go a long way toward trimming the time it takes to inspect a home. Our website has several pages of relevant information about the appraisal process for homeowners. Please feel free to share it with your customers. Tell them to call us if they want to meet our staff and learn more about our services. And tell them it's in their interest to set the appointment soon!
Are you using 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 each important milestone in an assignment is completed, that information can be viewed instantly online. It's never been faster and easier to track your report's status.