A Few Steps to Shorter Turn Times

Appraising is a constantly changing profession. Regularly, it seems, appraisers are asked to include more information or have steps added to their appraisal process. All of this is to guarantee the end user gets the best data available. To stay current with the always changing requirements, MWW Appraisals LLC is continuously researching additional tools and tweaking processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for in less time. Since MWW Appraisals LLC knows that time is important to everyone, below are a few things you can do to hasten the process when you order an appraisal from MWW Appraisals LLC.

Are you ordering appraisals online?: With online ordering, you receive automatic e-mail confirmations that the assignment was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This tip single-handedly 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.
Are you providing complete and accurate data about the subject property?: There's nothing like being one number off on the street address to unnecessarily interrupt an appraisal assignment. Unique identifiers like a tax parcel number, plat map number, or subdivision name are good data to include with the assignment. We even welcome lists of recent sales from the area — though be advised that professional appraisers are lawfully required to do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may differ from yours.
Be sure to let us know about the property's unique elements.: It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter home. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how unique characteristics contribute to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. When ordering your report, let us know if there are unique features of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's recently had an addition constructed, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's predisposed to flooding. These are things we would find out on our own anyway, and knowing them as soon as possible will likely make your report arrive more quickly.
Are you making the homeowner of the home aware of what to expect?: One of the most time consuming parts of the appraisal process is confirming an appointment with the homeowner. It's understandable for a homeowner to be uncomfortable with an outsider looking in every corner of their home, taking pictures, and making copious notes. Under the impression that it will make the house appraise higher, some homeowners believe they should make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection. So they put off the appointment until it is cleaned.

Coming from you -- a person they've been working with on their loan -- a little knowledge 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. Please feel free to point them to this website, where we have multiple pages of helpful information for homeowners as well as others describing the appraisal process. Have them call us if they want to become familiar with our staff and services. Remind them it's in their interest to set the appointment as soon as possible!
Are you using our website as a resource to keep track of 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 we complete each important milestone in an assignment, that information can be viewed instantly online. It's never been easier to keep track of your report's status.