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Published by OREP, E&O Insurance Experts | Dec. 16, 2014

 

FREE Weekly Appraiser Email Newsletter

 Stay current on all the latest appraisal news including Fannie's warning letters to appraisers - GLA adjustments and Q&C ratings
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Hot appraisal news topics
Fannie warning letters to appraisers - GLA adjustments, Q&C ratings, etc.
Fannie's New Collateral Underwriter - compares appraisals - view, lot size, fin. basement, etc. Fannie using Big Data from appraisals to standardize adjustments?
Petition to Fannie - let appraisers get UAD data
Veterans Administration wants fee appraisers. VA loans are increasing.
1004MC vs. housing trends in neighborhood section - conflicts and what Fannie wants

Popular appraising topics
Very funny appraiser video - our most popular topic!
$200 appraisal fees
Bracketing - lenders gone wild!!
How accurate is assessor's square footage?
What is a bedroom?
Use findlotsize.com to get lot sizes

Strange homes
$188 house
Cave house for $1.35
86 sq.ft. apartment
House hanging off hillside over ocean
13 level tree house

Who is Ann O'Rourke, who writes the email newsletters?
She has been a practicing appraiser since 1975 and does both residential and commercial appraisals in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has the MAI and SRA designations from the Appraisal Institute. Ann also has an MBA, which helps her understand and explain business issues for appraisers.

How does this free email newsletter differ from other sources such as blogs, email newsletters, etc.?
She keeps up on current topics in appraising and likes to share that information with other appraisers. She uses appraiser email chat groups, blogs, Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, forums and other sources. Ann has been writing online about appraisal news since 1994 and has many appraisal industry contacts who tell her about hot issues - what's behind the news.

Ann sends you the latest news, but also includes her opinions and what it means for you. She follows all the online sources and sends you what is important for your business. Links are included so you can read the original news sources. She makes it more interesting by including weird homes and a few appraiser jokes.

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Contact info: 

 

Ann O'Rourke, MAI, SRA, MBA
Appraiser and Publisher Appraisal Today
2033 Clement Ave. Suite 105
Alameda, CA 94501
Phone 800-839-0227
Fax 800-839-0014
Email info@appraisaltoday.com
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