Home Appraisers: How Much Does An Investor Spend On A Rehab? Some Numbers For You!

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.info/ – Home Appraisers: How Much Does An Investor Spend On A Rehab? Some Numbers For You For Homes In “The South” real estate market! I recently asked a local real estate investor and organizer of the local “The RING Meetup” , Richard McCray, for some realistic cost figures on a typical 1200sf starter home [...]

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The Appraisal Show For September 7, 2010: Get the Government Out of our Business Decisions

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.info/ – The Appraisal Show For September 7, 2010: Get the Government Out of our Business Decisions! This Week, Bill and Tinna discuss the Appraisal Institute’s suspension as a sponsor of the Appraisal Foundation, reaction to TAVMA’s letter requesting a delay in the implementation of the customary and reasonable fee provision of the Financial Reform [...]

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Home Appraisers: 233,000 REOs Sold In First Quarter, Average Discount Was 27 Percent

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.info/ – Home Appraisers: 233,000 REOs Sold In First Quarter, Average Discount Was 27 Percent! Dennis Norman, from Real Estate Investors Daily, is reporting on Realtytrac numbers released for Q1 2010. Dennis states, “They are reporting 233,000 foreclosure and bank-owned homes sold during first quarter 2010 at an average price discount of 27 percent (based [...]

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Appraiser Active Blog: TAVMA’s Plea To FED To Delay Customary Fees Shows REAL Desperation!

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.info/ – Appraiser Active Blog: TAVMA’s Plea To FED To Delay Customary Fees Shows REAL Desperation! Now here’s an appraiser that cares about our profession and takes action to help improve the profession – Frank Gregoire, Appraiser Active Blog! Appraisers, it’s highly recommended that you head over to Appraiser Active Blog and read Frank Gregoire’s [...]

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Home Appraiser Blogging Tip: Use Fotobabble.com To Add Voice Descriptions To Your Photos

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.info/ – Home Appraiser Blogging Tip: Use Fotobabble.com To Add Voice Descriptions To Your Photos. This past weekend, I had some extra time to spend online and discovered a way to enhance my blog reader’s experience by adding “voice” to my images or photos. See my attempt below with the housing chart. It’s very simple [...]

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Home Appraiser Video Marketing: Using Xtranormal To Report On Local Market Conditions

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.info/ – Home Appraiser Video Marketing: Using Xtranormal To Report On Local Market Conditions!   In May 2009, Rob Oryl of Valuation Nation created “Sam Orders Appraisals” xtranormal video, watch below.     Ever since then, I’ve been meaning to take time to see “IF” this could be a part of my own local home [...]

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Dave Towne: TAVMA Lies And Is The Home Appraiser’s Enemy – RESPOND NOW!

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.info/ – Dave Towne: TAVMA Lies And Is Your Enemy – RESPOND NOW! Appraisers……. Please open/read the letter, written by Jeff Schurman, Executive Director, TAVMA here! I was just sent this late on Thur, 9/2/10 … wish I had seen it earlier. Lies, distortions and falsehoods are all through the letter, which basically says you [...]

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Real Estate Appraisers: Webinar Replays of David Braun’s Two Recent Regression Seminars

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.info/ – Real Estate Appraisers: Webinar Replays of David Braun’s Two Recent Regression Seminars Veteran Appraiser, David Braun, MAI, SRA of Automated Valuation Tools, recently held two Webinars on Regression Analysis. The details of these webinars are found here: http://www.workingre.com/workingre/avt-free-webinars-081310.htm. The first Webinar was an introduction to Regression. The second Webinar covered what Automated Valuation [...]

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Real Estate Appraiser Tips: New Home Appraisal Regulations Stricter than HVCC

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.info/ – Real Estate Appraiser Tips: New Home Appraisal Regulations Stricter than HVCC! The Coester AppraisalNEWSCAST.com Blog has posted an article for home appraisers: New Appraisal Regulations Stricter than HVCC ! Click the link to read the entire article and comment. Tips is providing a few snippet paragraphs below: “The new law is stricter than [...]

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Dave Towne To Home Appraisers: New Fannie requirement – Active Listings

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.info/ – Dave Towne To Home Appraisers: New Fannie requirement – Active Listings While this is for Washington State Appraisers, this may be broadly help to us all. Appraisers………. (In WA State – Matrix software via NWMLS) FannieMae, effective TODAY, wants the MC Form ACTIVE LISTINGS (Total # of Comparable Active Listings) info to be [...]

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Home Appraiser Video Blogging: Using Jing Pro New Webcam Feature To Report On Local Housing Markets!

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.info/ – Home Appraiser Video Blogging: Using Jing Pro With Webcam To Report On Local Housing Markets! I’ve been using Jing Pro for about one year now and like it. Jing allows one to video screen capture whatever is on the desktop and share with others by emailing the video link, hosted on screencast.com, or [...]

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Home Appraisers Video: This Month In Real Estate U.S. September 2010 Video

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.com/ – Home Appraisers Video: This Month In Real Estate U.S. September 2010 Video This is the monthly Keller Williams Realty “This Month In Real Estate US” edition.  

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The Appraisal Show Video: BURN THE WITCH!!! Forensic Reviews, E and O Insurance and Indemnification Agreements

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.info/ – The Appraisal Show Video: BURN THE WITCH!!! Forensic Reviews, E and O Insurance and Indemnification Agreements! BURN THE WITCH!!! The Appraisal Show for Monday, August 30, 2010 – Bill and Tinna take on Forensic Reviews, E&O Insurance and Indemnification Agreements, Picture of the Week and New Fannie Mae Guidelines start on September 1st. [...]

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Mobile AL Home Appraiser: A Fragile Economy With High Unemployment And Uncertainty Will Be More Of A Future Problem Than The BP Oil Spill!

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.info/ – Mobile AL Appraiser: A Fragile Economy With High Unemployment And Uncertainty Will Be More Of A Future Problem Than The BP Oil Spill! Al Cheney’s Comments and Opinions for 29 August 2010. Mobile AL Home Appraiser, Al Cheney with Cheney Appraisal Services, has been hit with a double-whammy – a perpetual slowing economy [...]

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New Smart Phone Videos Site Launched – Smart Phones Videos – News, Tips, Reviews, Tutorials!

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http://www.smartphonesvideos.com/ – New Smart Phone Videos Site Launched – Smart Phones Videos – News, Tips, Reviews, Tutorials! A new video based site has launched for a one-stop-site for smart phone videos – new videos on smart phones, video reviews of smart phones, smart phone videos tips and smart phone video tutorials! Name and Description: Smart [...]

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Home Appraisers: Is There A Sense Of Urgency To Buy A Home?

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.info/ – Home Appraisers: Is There A Sense Of Urgency To Buy A Home? Home Appraisers: Did You Know That In July 2010 Only 17.6% Of All New Loans Are For Home Purchases? National Mortgage News and the Mortgage Bankers Association are reporting that purchase money loans now account for just 17.6% of all new [...]

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Bankrate.com: Summary Of Real Estate Appraisal Rules Changes In Dodd-Frank Act 2010

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.info/ – Bankrate.com: Summary Of Real Estate Appraisal Rules Changes In Dodd-Frank Act 2010 I have provided a few snippet paragraphs from this two page article below. Read the full article here: Real Estate Appraisal Rules Changing “According to Lucien Salvant, a spokesman for the National Association of Realtors, or NAR, in Washington, D.C., the [...]

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Home Appraiser Bloggers Tip: Post About Local Housing Opportunities, Especially Videos

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.com/ – Home Appraiser Bloggers Tip: Post About Local Housing Opportunities, Especially Videos This morning, I found this helpful video topic: The link is: http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4320471/top-10-real-estate-investments-/ So, I sent this information to a couple of appraisers that I know blog in these markets to help their businesses get found in Google. Durham NC or Durham, North [...]

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REBliss.com: Google Voice Vs. Ribbit Mobile. Who Manages Your Calls Better?

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.com/ – REBliss.com: Google Voice Vs. Ribbit Mobile. Who Manages Your Calls Better? Bryan McDonald at REBliss.com has added an interesting and thorough comparison of Google Voice versus Ribbit Mobile. Tips is providing two snippet paragraphs below. Be sure to check out the entire article and leave a comment here: Google Voice Vs. Ribbit Mobile. [...]

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Coester Appraisal Group’s New Vernon Davis Professional Football Player Video – Fantastic Video Marketing Example!

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http://www.realestateappraisertips.info/ – Coester Appraisal Group’s New Vernon Davis Professional Football Player Video – Fantastic Video Marketing Example! Professional Football Player Vernon Davis shows the lending community why Coester Appraisal Group a national appraisal company is your best solution for appraisal services. As a national appraisal management company Coester has over 40 years of valuation experience [...]

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