Five Steps to Quicker Turn Times

Appraising is a constantly changing profession. Commonly, it seems, appraisers are asked to supply extra information or have steps added to their appraisal process - all to ensure the end user gets the best analysis. In order to keep up with the always changing requirements, Anchorage Appraisal Service, LLC is always acquiring additional tools and tweaking processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for in less time. Since Anchorage Appraisal Service, LLC knows that time is important to everyone, we've listed a handful of things you can do to trim turn times whenever you order an appraisal with Anchorage Appraisal Service, LLC:

Always order your appraisals on the Internet. By ordering online, you automatically receive e-mail acknowledgements that the order was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This tip alone will save the most time! No longer do we have to re-key information from a fax, and you don't have to wonder whether the order was received.
Make sure that the subject property information is accurate and complete. Being just one number off on the street address can really unnecessarily interrupt an appraisal assignment. Unique identifiers like a tax parcel number, plat map number, or subdivision name is great information to pass along with your assignment. Even a list of recent sales in the area is welcome — however, remember that professional appraisers must always do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may be different from yours.


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Are you letting us know up front any details of the property that might make it distinct? Cookie-cutter houses are relatively easy to appraise. What takes time is analyzing how differing details 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 features of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's had a recent addition built on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, and it's predisposed to flooding. While these are things that we'd find out on our own, knowing them as early as possible makes your report arrive quicker.
Let the homeowner know what to expect. Confirming an appointment with the homeowner can be one of the most inefficient parts in the appraisal process. It's understandable for a homeowner to be apprehensive with an outsider inspecting every square foot of their home, taking pictures, and making copious notes. Believing that it will make the house appraise higher, many homeowners believe they must make the place spotless before the appraiser comes by and will reschedule the appraisal inspection until they can get around to cleaning.

Coming from you -- a trusted party with whom they are already working -- a short explanation about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't make a significant difference in their home's value, will help move the process along for everyone. Please feel free to point them to our website, where we have several pages of relevant information for homeowners and others regarding the appraisal process. Tell them to call us if they want to meet our staff and learn more about our services. And tell them it benefits them to set the appointment as quickly as possible!
Easily keep tabs on the status of your report on our website. 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 can be viewed instantly online. It's never been faster and easier to track the status of your report.