Some Tips for Faster Turn Times

The appraisal profession is constantly evolving. Commonly, it seems, appraisers are asked to include extra information or have steps added to their process. All to ensure their client has the best information to be had. In order to stay current with the continuously changing requirements, Shamrock Appraisals, Inc. is continuously acquiring new tools and tweaking processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for our customers. Since Shamrock Appraisals, Inc. knows that time is important to everyone, we've listed a handful of things you can do to trim turn times on any appraisals ordered from Shamrock Appraisals, Inc..

Always order your appraisals on the Internet.: By ordering online, you receive automatic e-mail acknowledgements that the request was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This is the single biggest time saver available to both of us! We don't have to manually enter information from a fax, and you don't have to wonder whether we received the order.
Are you providing complete and accurate information about the subject property?: There's nothing like being one number off on the street address to add unnecessary time to 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 — 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 property's unique details.: It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter house. What takes time is analyzing how elements unique to a property add 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 details of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's had a recent addition built on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's predisposed to flooding. While these are things that we would find out on our own, knowing them sooner makes your report arrive without delay.
Does the homeowner know what to expect?: Confirming an appointment with the homeowner can be one of the most time consuming steps in the appraisal process. Many current homeowners are clearly uneasy with the fact an unknown persons wants to come in their home, look around, and take copious notes. Some think they must make the place spotless before the appraiser comes by, believing that will increase the appraised value. So they put off the appointment until they have cleaned.

Hearing from you -- the person they are working with on their loan -- a little info 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 your customers to this website, where we have lots of pages of useful 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 soon!
Are you using our website as a resource to keep track of 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 each important milestone in an assignment is completed, that information can be viewed instantly online. It's never been easier to track the status of your report.