Five Tips for Faster Turn Times

Appraising is an always changing profession. Commonly, it seems, appraisers are asked to offer extra information or have steps added to their process. They do this additional work to ensure their client gets the most useful information possible. To keep up with the always changing requirements, K & K Appraisal Inc. is constantly researching new tools and tweaking processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for more efficiently. At K & K Appraisal Inc. we know that time is important to everybody, so we've listed a few items you can do to reduce turn times whenever you order an appraisal from K & K Appraisal Inc.:

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. It's the single biggest time saver available to both of us! No longer do we have to retype information from a fax, and you don't have to wonder whether the order was received.
Complete and accurate subject property information is essential. Being just one number off on the street address can really 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. Even a list of recent area sales is welcome — though be advised that professional appraisers are lawfully required to do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may differ from yours.


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Let us know up front of the property's distinct characteristics. Cookie-cutter houses are relatively easy to appraise. What takes time is analyzing how differing elements 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 details of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's recently had an addition put on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, and it's predisposed to flooding. While these are things that we would find out on our own, knowing them early on makes your report arrive more quickly.
Does the homeowner know what to expect? Setting an inspection time and date with the homeowner can be one of the most time consuming tasks in the appraisal process. Many current homeowners are understandably uneasy with the fact that an outsider wants to come in their house, look around, and make lots of notes. Thinking that it will increase the value, many homeowners believe they ought to make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection . So they 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 multiple pages of useful information about the appraisal process for homeowners. Please feel free to share it with your clients. They can even call us if they want to meet the staff and learn more about our services. Remind them it's to their benefit to set the appointment quickly!
Use our website to follow your report's status. No more phone and fax tag. Up-to-the-minute status updates are 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 way to track your report's status.