Five Tips for Swifter Turn Times

The appraisal profession is always evolving. Often, it seems, appraisers are asked to include additional information or have steps added to their appraisal process. All to ensure the end user gets the best information to be had. In order to stay current with the always changing requirements, Camacho Appraisals LLC is always testing new tools and tweaking processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for quickly. At Camacho Appraisals LLC we know that time is important to everybody, so here are some items you can do to speed up the process whenever you order an appraisal with Camacho Appraisals LLC.

Are you ordering appraisals online?: When you order 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 the order was received.
Verify that the subject property data is accurate and complete.: There's nothing like being one number off on the street address to unnecessarily interrupt an appraisal assignment. Unique identifiers like a tax parcel number, plat map number, or subdivision name is great information to pass long with your request. We even welcome lists of recent sales from the area — remember, however, 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 elements of this property.: Cookie-cutter homes are relatively easy to appraise. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how details unique to a property add to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. When ordering your report, let us know if there are unique details of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's had a recent addition built on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's prone to flooding. These are things we will find out on our own anyway, and knowing them early on makes your report arrive without delay.
Let the occupants know what to expect.: Confirming an appointment with the homeowner can be one of the most inefficient parts in the appraisal process. We understand that a homeowner may be uncomfortable with an unknown person looking in every corner of their home, taking pictures, and making copious notes. Believing that it will increase the value, a few homeowners believe they must make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection. So they reschedule the inspection until the house is cleaned.

Coming from you -- someone they've been working with on their loan -- a little information about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't affect their home's value one little bit, and can decrease the time it takes to inspect a home. I encourage you to point your clients to our website, where we have lots of pages of helpful information for homeowners and others regarding the appraisal process. Have them call us if they want to meet the staff and learn more about our services. And tell them it benefits them to set the appointment soon!
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 we complete each important milestone in an assignment, that information can be viewed instantly online. It's never been easier and faster to track the status of your report.