Five Tips for Quicker Turn Times

The appraisal profession is evolving constantly. Each year, it seems, appraisers are asked to include additional information or have steps added to their appraisal process. All of this is to guarantee their client gets the best information to be had. In order to stay current with the always changing requirements, Parisi Appraisal Group, LLC is constantly acquiring new tools and tweaking processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for in less time. Since Parisi Appraisal Group, LLC knows that time is important to everyone, here are a few tips you can do to reduce turn times on any appraisals you order from Parisi Appraisal Group, LLC .

Always order your appraisals electronically.: With online ordering, you automatically get e-mail confirmations that the order was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This tip single-handedly 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.
Complete and accurate subject property data is key.: 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 be different from yours.
Let us know up front of the property's unique elements.: Cookie-cutter houses are relatively easy to appraise. What takes time is analyzing how characteristics 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 had a recent addition constructed, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's predisposed to flooding. While these are things that we'll find out on our own, knowing them sooner is likely to make your report arrive faster.
Set proper expectations with the occupants.: Confirming an appointment with the homeowner can be one of the most time consuming tasks in the appraisal process. It's understandable for a homeowner to be apprehensive with an unknown person looking in every corner of their home, taking pictures, and making lots of notes. A common belief is that they have to make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection, thinking that will increase the appraised value. So they choose to not schedule the appointment until they have cleaned.

Coming directly from you -- a person they've been working with on their loan -- a little info 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 shorten the appraisal inspection time. Our website has multiple pages of relevant information about the appraisal process for homeowners. Please feel free to share it with your clients. Tell them to call us if they want to familiarize themselves with our staff and services. Remind them it benefits them to set the appointment quickly!
Easily verify the status of your report on our website.: Phone and fax tag are a thing of the past with 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 easier to keep track of your report's status.