A Few Steps to Swifter Turn Times

Appraising is an always changing profession. Often, it seems, appraisers are asked to offer extra information or have steps added to their appraisal process. They do this extra work to ensure their client is presented with the best data to be had. To stay current with the always changing requirements, RK Hughes Appraisal LLC is continuously seeking new tools and improving processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for in less time. Since RK Hughes Appraisal LLC knows that time is important to everyone, below are a few tips you can do to accelerate the process when you order an appraisal with RK Hughes Appraisal LLC.

Are you ordering appraisals online?: By ordering online, 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! We don't have to retype information from a fax, and nor will you wonder whether the order was received.
Complete and accurate subject property information is key.: Being just one number off 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 sales in the area is welcome — remember, however, that professional appraisers are lawfully required to do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may differ from yours.
Be sure to tell us 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 features unique to a property add to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. When ordering your report, let us know if there are unique details of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's had a recent addition put on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's susceptible to flooding. While these are things that we will find out on our own, knowing them as soon as possible makes your report arrive more quickly.
Be sure the homeowner knows the the plan.: One of the most inefficient tasks of the appraisal process is setting an inspection date with the occupants of the home. Many homeowners are understandably apprehensive with the fact an unknown persons wants to come in their house, look around, and make lots of notes. A common belief is that they should make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection, believing that will increase the appraised value. And will reschedule the appointment until they have cleaned.

Hearing from you -- someone they are working with on their loan -- some information 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 time it takes to inspect a home. Please feel free to point your customers to this website, where we have several pages of helpful information for homeowners as well as others about the appraisal process. They can even 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!
Use our website to track 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 the status of your report.