Some Suggestions for Faster Turn Times

The appraisal profession is always evolving. Often, it seems, appraisers are asked to include extra information or have steps added to their research. All of this is to ensure their client is presented with the most useful analysis. To stay current with the always changing requirements, Elite Real Estate Appraisals, LLC is always seeking new tools and tweaking processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for you. Since Elite Real Estate Appraisals, LLC knows that time is important to everyone, here are a few tips you can do to hasten the process when you order an appraisal with Elite Real Estate Appraisals, LLC:

Always order your appraisals electronically. By ordering online, you automatically get e-mail acknowledgements that the order was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This tip alone will save the most time! We don't have to retype information from a fax, and you don't have to wonder whether we received the request.
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. 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 from 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.


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Are you letting us know up front any characteristics of the property that might make it distinct? 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. 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 built on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, and it's predisposed to flooding. These are things we'll find out on our own anyway, and knowing them as early as possible makes your report arrive earlier.
Set proper expectations with the homeowner. Confirming an appointment with the homeowner can be one of the most inefficient tasks in the appraisal process. Many current homeowners are clearly uneasy with the idea that an unknown persons wants to come in their home, look around, and take copious notes. One common belief is that they need to make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection, having the thought that will increase the value . So they delay the appointment until they have cleaned.

Coming directly from you -- a trusted party with whom they are already working -- a little knowledge about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't make a significant difference in their home's value, will help move the process along for everyone. Our website has lots of pages of useful information about the appraisal process for homeowners. Please feel free to share it with your customers. They can even call us if they want to familiarize themselves with our staff and services. Remind them it's in their interest to set the appointment without delay!
Are you using our website as a resource to follow the status of your report? 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 is instantly available to you online. It's never been easier and faster to keep track of your report's status.