Five Suggestions for Quicker Turn Times

Appraising is an always changing profession. Regularly, it seems, appraisers are asked to supply extra information or have steps added to their research. All to guarantee the end user gets the best information available. To stay current with the always changing requirements, Premier Appraisals, Inc. is always acquiring additional tools and tweaking processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for in less time. Since Premier Appraisals, Inc. knows that time is important to everyone, we've listed a couple of things you can do to hasten the process whenever you order an appraisal with Premier Appraisals, Inc..

Always order your appraisals on the Internet.: With online ordering, you receive automatic e-mail notifications that the order 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 retype information from a fax, and you don't have to 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. Unique identifiers like a tax parcel number, plat map number, or subdivision name is good information to pass long with the assignment. 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 may be different from yours.
Be sure to tell us about the unique features of this property.: Cookie-cutter houses are relatively easy to appraise. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how unique features 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 details 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. While these are things that we will find out on our own, knowing them early on makes your report arrive without delay.
Set proper expectations with the occupants.: One of the most time consuming tasks of the appraisal process is setting an inspection date with the occupants of the home. We understand that a homeowner may be uneasy with an unknown person inspecting every corner of their home, taking pictures, and making copious notes. With the notion that it will make the house appraise higher, a few homeowners believe they must make the place spotless before the appraiser comes by. So they put off the appointment until the house is cleaned.

Hearing it directly from you -- someone they've been working with on their loan -- some information 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 time it takes to inspect a home. I encourage you to point your customers to our website, where we have many pages of relevant information for homeowners as well as others about the appraisal process. They can even call us if they want to familiarize themselves with the staff and our services. And tell them it benefits them to set the appointment as soon as possible!
Use our website to keep track of your report's status.: No more phone and fax tag. Up-to-the-minute status updates are available online, anytime, 24/7. As each important milestone in an assignment is completed, that information is instantly available to you online. It's never been faster to keep track of the status of your report.