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 appraisal process. All of this is to guarantee their client gets the best data to be had. To stay current with the constantly changing requirements, Real Value Review, LLC is constantly acquiring new tools and tweaking processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for more efficiently. At Real Value Review, LLC we know that time is important to everybody, so we've listed a couple of tips you can do to lower turn times on any appraisals you order from Real Value Review, LLC.

Are you ordering appraisals online?

With online ordering, you automatically receive e-mail notifications that the assignment was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. Online ordering is the single biggest time saver available to both of us! We don't have to re-key information from a fax, and you don't have to wonder whether the order was received.

Complete and accurate subject property data is essential.

There's nothing like being one number off on the street address to unnecessarily slow down 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. Even a list of recent area sales is welcome — remember, however, that professional appraisers are lawfully required to do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may differ from yours.

You're always free to call us at if you have any questions about your property or an appraisal we're working on for you.

Be sure to let us know about the property's unique features.

It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter home. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how features unique to a property 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 recently had an addition constructed, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's susceptible to flooding. These are things we'd find out on our own anyway, and knowing them as soon as possible makes your report arrive quicker.

Did you make the homeowner of the home aware of what to expect?

One of the most inefficient steps of the appraisal process is confirming an appointment with the homeowner. Some current homeowners are understandably uneasy with the thought a stranger wants to come in their house, look around, and take lots of notes. Many commonly think they must make the place spotless before the appraiser comes by, with the notion that will increase the appraised value. And will delay the appointment until the house is cleaned.

Coming directly from you -- a person they are working with on their loan -- a little knowledge about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't make it more likely their sale will close, and likely decrease the appraisal inspection time. Please feel free to point your clients to this website, where we have many pages of helpful information for homeowners and others about 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 promptly!

Use our website to track your report's status.

Phone and fax tag are a thing of the past with up-to-the-minute status updates available online, anytime, 24/7. As we complete each important milestone in an assignment, that information is available instantly to you online. There's no faster or easier way to track your report's status.