Practical advice on pricing, invoicing, getting clients, and growing your business.
Divorce and estate appraisals pay retail rates, not AMC rates. Here's how to build the attorney referral channel, price for litigation risk, and keep the work coming back.
In thin rural markets you're not picking the best comps — you're picking the least imperfect ones and proving why. Here's a defensible order of operations for widening your search.
A step-by-step process for handling ROV requests: what to review, when to revise, when to hold your number, and how to document it all.
Fixed walk orders, photo-per-room capture, and voice notes cut 15-20 minutes off a typical single-family inspection — without skipping a required observation.
How to structure a fair, profitable appraisal trainee supervisor agreement — fee splits, workload limits, and what the paperwork needs to cover.
Solo appraisers can build a direct client pipeline — bypassing or reducing AMC work — by cultivating relationships with portfolio lenders, credit unions, estate attorneys, and private clients who pay full fees directly.
A practical pricing framework for independent appraisers — covering square footage tiers, complexity add-ons, and market benchmarks to set rates that actually hold up.