Some Steps to Quicker Turn Times

The appraisal profession is always evolving. Every year, it seems, appraisers are asked to offer extra information or have steps added to their data gathering. They do this extra work to ensure the end user has the best information possible. To keep up with the constantly changing requirements, Goedker Appraisal Services is always researching new tools and improving processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for you. Since Goedker Appraisal Services knows that time is important to everyone, we've listed some items you can do to trim turn times on any appraisals ordered from Goedker Appraisal Services.

Are you ordering appraisals online?: When you order online, you automatically receive e-mail acknowledgements that the request 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 nor will you wonder whether we received the request.
Make sure that the subject property data is accurate and complete.: There's nothing like being one number off on the street address to unnecessarily slow down an appraisal assignment. Unique identifiers like a tax parcel number, plat map number, or subdivision name is good information to include with your request. Even a list of recent area sales is welcome — remember, however, that professional appraisers must always do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours might differ from yours.
Are you telling us up front any features of the property that might make it unique?: It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter home. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how unique characteristics 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 features of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's had a recent addition constructed, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's susceptible to flooding. These are things we'll find out on our own anyway, and knowing them early on is likely to make your report arrive faster.
Set proper expectations with the occupants.: One of the most time consuming steps of the appraisal process is confirming an appointment with the occupants of the home. We understand that a homeowner may be uneasy with an outsider looking in every corner of their home, taking pictures, and making copious notes. A common belief is that they ought to make the place spotless before the appraiser comes by, under the impression that will make the house appraise for more money. So they put off the appraisal inspection until the house is cleaned.

Hearing from you -- a person they are working with on their loan -- some information about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't increase their home's value one little bit, and likely shorten the time it takes to inspect a home. Our website has many pages of useful information about the appraisal process for homeowners. Please feel free to share it with your customers. Have them call us if they want to meet the staff and learn more about our services. And tell them it's to their benefit to set the appointment without delay!
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 we complete each important milestone in an assignment, that information can be viewed instantly online. It's never been faster and easier to keep track of the status of your report.