5 Hints for Faster Turn Times

The appraisal profession is continuously evolving. Regularly, it seems, appraisers are asked to provide more information or have steps added to their data gathering. All of this is to guarantee their client gets the best information that can be achieved. To keep up with the continuously changing requirements, Nace Appraisal Service is always seeking additional tools and improving processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for our clients. Since Nace Appraisal Service knows that time is important to everyone, here are some items you can do to trim turn times every time you order an appraisal with Nace Appraisal Service:

Are you ordering appraisals online? By ordering online, you receive automatic e-mail confirmations that the request was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This is the single biggest time saver available to both of us! No longer do we have to re-key information from a fax, and nor will you wonder whether we got the order.
Are you providing complete and accurate data about the subject property? There's nothing like being one number off on the street address to add unnecessary time to 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. We even welcome lists of recent sales from the area — however, remember that professional appraisers are lawfully required to do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may differ from yours.


	Feel free to call us at (601) 297-3910 if you have any questions about your property or an appraisal we're working on for you.

Be sure to tell us about the property's distinct features. It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter home. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how differing characteristics contribute to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. When you order your report, let us know if there are unique characteristics of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's had a recent addition put on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, and it's predisposed to flooding. These are things we'll find out on our own anyway, and knowing them sooner makes your report arrive earlier.
Set proper expectations with the occupants. One of the most time consuming parts of the appraisal process is confirming an appointment with the homeowner. Many current homeowners are clearly apprehensive with the fact that an unknown persons wants to come in their home, look around, and make numerous notes. With the idea that it will make the house appraise for more money, some homeowners believe they ought to make the place spotless before the appraiser comes by and will reschedule the appointment until the house is cleaned.

Coming directly 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. Our website has several 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. Remind them it benefits them to set the appointment without delay!
Why not use our website as a resource to follow 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 each important milestone in an assignment is completed, that information can be viewed instantly online. It's never been faster and easier to keep track of the status of your report.