Some Tips for Swifter Turn Times

The appraisal profession is always evolving. Every year, it seems, appraisers are asked to offer additional information or have steps added to their data gathering - all to ensure their client is presented with the most useful data. In order to stay current with the continuously changing requirements, Kneeland & Associates is continuously testing additional tools and improving processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for you. At Kneeland & Associates we know that time is important to everybody, so we've listed a couple of tips you can do to lessen turn times whenever you order an appraisal with Kneeland & Associates:

Are you ordering appraisals online? With online ordering, you receive automatic e-mail acknowledgements that the assignment was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. It's the single biggest time saver available to both of us! We don't have to manually enter information from a fax, and nor will you wonder whether we received the request.
Make sure that the subject property data is accurate and complete. Being just one number off on the street address can really unnecessarily interrupt 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 — though be advised that professional appraisers are lawfully required to do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours might differ from yours.


	Feel free to call us at 5593036520 if you have any questions about your property or an assignment we're working on for you.

Be sure to let us know about the unique elements of this property. Cookie-cutter homes are relatively easy to appraise. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how unique characteristics add to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. Let us know up front when ordering your report if there are unique features 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 susceptible to flooding. These are things we would find out on our own anyway, and knowing them sooner is likely to make your report arrive faster.
What are you doing to make the homeowner of the home aware of what to expect? One of the most time consuming tasks of the appraisal process is confirming an inspection date with the occupants of the home. Some homeowners are justifiably apprehensive with the idea that an unknown persons wants to come in their home, look around, and make numerous notes. A common belief is that they ought to make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection, having the thought that will increase the appraised value and will choose to not schedule the inspection until they have cleaned.

Coming directly from you -- a trusted party with whom they are already working -- some information 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. I encourage you to point your customers to our website, where we have multiple pages of useful information for homeowners and others about the appraisal process. Encourage them to call us if they want to meet our staff and learn more about our services. And tell them it's in their interest to set the appointment soon!
Our website is a great resource for following your report's status. No more phone and fax tag. Up-to-the-minute status updates are available online, anytime, 24/7. As each important milestone in an assignment is completed, that information is instantly available to you online. It's never been easier to track your report's status.