5 Suggestions for Swifter Turn Times

Appraising is a constantly changing profession. Commonly, it seems, appraisers are asked to supply more information or have steps added to their process. All of this is to guarantee the end user gets the best analysis that can be achieved. To stay current with the always changing requirements, Tennessee Home Appraisals is always testing additional tools and tweaking processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for quickly. Since Tennessee Home Appraisals knows that time is important to everyone, we've listed some things you can do to trim turn times whenever you order an appraisal with Tennessee Home Appraisals:

  1. Always order your appraisals on the Internet. When you order online, you receive automatic e-mail acknowledgements that the request was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. Online ordering is the single biggest time saver available to both of us! No longer do we have to manually enter information from a fax, and you don't have to wonder whether we received the order.

  2. Complete and accurate subject property data is crucial. Having just one number incorrect on the street address can really unnecessarily slow down 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 — however, remember that professional appraisers are lawfully required to do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may differ from yours.

    3. If you have any questions about your property or a job we're working on for you, you're always free to contact us

  3. Be sure to let us know about the unique details of this property. Cookie-cutter homes are relatively easy to appraise. What takes time is analyzing how differing features contribute to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. When you order your report, let us know if there are unique elements 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 predisposed to flooding. These are things we'll find out on our own anyway, and knowing them sooner makes your report arrive earlier.

  4. Does the homeowner know what to expect? One of the most inefficient tasks of the appraisal process is setting an appointment with the homeowner. Some homeowners are understandably uncomfortable with the notion that an unknown persons wants to come in their home, look around, and take copious notes. Not uncommonly they think they have to make the place spotless before the inspection, having the thought that will increase the value . So they delay the inspection until the house is cleaned.

    Coming directly from you -- a trusted party with whom they already have a business relationship -- 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. Please feel free to point your customers to our website, where we have many pages of helpful information for homeowners as well as others about the appraisal process. Encourage them to call us if they want to meet our staff and learn more about our services. Remind them it benefits them to set the appointment without delay!

  5. Why not use our website as a resource to track the status of your report? 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 is available to you online. There's no easier way to track the status of your report.