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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 7 months ago
Appraiserville
November 23, 2018Rumormill: AI National Is Going To Try And Take All Chapter Funds AGAIN
It’s been two years since senior executives at The Appraisal Institute headquarters in Chicago, referred to as AI National, attempted to seize local chapter funds. I was just told by a trusted source that AI National will move forward on…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 7 months ago
Appraiserville
November 16, 2018Appraiserfest Recap
Just one more look back at a stunning success…Appraiserfest.
Take Non-Appraisal Seminars
Up your game – differentiate yourself from your competition.
We all attend appraisal seminars or take online courses to fulfill our CE requirements, but I implore you to consider other types of…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 7 months ago
Appraiserville
November 9, 2018Appraiserfest Has Your Back (And Your Teeth)
After an amazing Appraiserfest conference in San Antonio, I had to have an emergency root canal. So for protection, I wore my Appraiserfest t-shirt and all went well. Proof positive that the Appraiserfest movement has your back (and teeth).
What The Appraiserfest…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 7 months ago
Appraiserville
October 19, 2018Appraisersblogs Pushes Out Our Content For An Industry Under Siege
The appraisal blog aggregator “Appraisersblogs” regularly takes content from my Appraiserville section of Housing Notes without asking but always links back. Normally I get annoyed with that, but in this case, I am very grateful because it pushes…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 7 months ago
Appraiserville
October 12, 2018
CoreLogic’s A La Mode is Pulling A Facebook Privacy Play
One of the tactics of Facebook has long been to “cross the line and apologize” rather than “ask permission.” Now that “A la mode has been acquired, by CoreLogic” the company with a 50% market share of the industry seems to be employing this tactic.
We…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 7 months ago
Appraiserville
October 5, 2018
Appraiserfest 2018 is almost here!
November 1, 2, 3 in San Antonio.
Sign-up here with the last coupon offered for the event.
When you’re apparently the “Go To” appraiser for the wrong reasons
I’m not being political here by using this massive New York Times investigative piece on POTUS tax history, but there…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 7 months ago
Appraiserville
September 28, 2018
38% Increase Into The Profession in Three Years
The following stats from The Appraisal Foundation shows a rising number of people entering the appraisal profession. The projected number for 2018 represents a 38% increase over 2015.
The propaganda being fed to regulators and the users of appraisal services is…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 7 months ago
Appraiserville
September 21, 2018
Reflecting On The Financial Crisis a Decade Later
Over the past several weeks, there has been a slew of thought-provoking pieces on the financial crisis of ten years ago. There are so many varying views on what happened and what caused it. It was such a systemic event that ten years later, there are strong…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 9 months ago
Appraiserville September 7, 2018
As the industry changes, it is more important than ever for appraisers to have a longer term plan…from my friend Nathan Pyle.
(For earlier appraisal industry commentary, visit my old clunky REIC site.)
Prophet, Not Profit
Ryan Lundquist at the must-read Sacramento Appraisal Blog served up this ditty. Be…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 9 months ago
Appraiserville August 24, 2018
Appraisal Institute Spent One Year Searching For 2X President Jim Amorin To Name Him CEO
As I predicted in these Housing Notes a while back, Jim Amorin is the new AI National CEO. It was inevitable that Jim Amorin would be named the replacement for former CEO Grubbe. Ironically Grubbe’s resignation was accepted by…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 9 months ago
Appraiserville August 17, 2018
AI National Pitches Their Own National Registry Without Telling Anyone
I’ve been told by many parties that this is the work of AI National. It makes sense since it requests something that no one is interested in because it is wildly redundant and is more about making them relevant again. To hard-working AI…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 9 months ago
Appraiserville August 10, 2018
Ran out of time but will focus on the Florida appraisal board meeting this week: look for the new battle cry” “Sh#t Can The Straw Man.”
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The epic story of how a good appraiser got blacklisted.
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LREAB c. FTC is getting more interest by other states:
BRIEF FOR THE STATES OF MISSISSIPPI, IDAHO, IOWA,RHODE…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 9 months ago
Appraiserville August 3, 2018
There is a lot going on in Appraiserville this week and I’m going to squeeze in what I can and then continue the narrative into next week.
AI California Chapters Are Trying To Get A “Win” And Prove They Don’t Care About “The Public Trust”
I’ve long heard rumors about some clandestine legislative changes that AI…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 9 months ago
Appraiserville July 27, 2018
Terminator: AI National Is Still Vigorously Fighting For Evaluations Against Residential Appraiser Interests For Reasons That Can’t Be Explained
One of my favorite lines from the original Terminator movie from the Kyle Reese character that can apply to the unknown driver of AI National’s obsession to force…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 9 months ago
Appraiserville July 13, 2018
This week is full to the brim…
When Untrained Inspectors of Hybrid Appraisals Rule The World
I did a screenshot of a photo from a private appraisal group that blew my mind. Now imagine an unregulated, non-standardized, untrained inspector (home inspectors aren’t being used for hybrids) for a hybrid appraisal…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 9 months ago
Appraiserville July 6, 2018
I’m taking a quick three-day vacay with my wife in Nashville starting today so excuse my content brevity. I wonder if I should check out Tristar bank? I hear they falsely claimed there weren’t enough appraisers, let alone pilots…
Appraisers as Big Ole Jet Airliner Pilots
Doesn’t this sound eerily familiar? An…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 9 months ago
Appraiserville June 29, 2018
Speaking Up for Ourselves
Over the past couple of years, our residential appraisal industry has called BS on allowing others to speak for us. Our industry has chosen to speak for ourselves. It began with a few and it is snowballing. Just look at all the new appraiser bloggers in the links below such as Woody…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 9 months ago
Appraiserville June 22, 2018
Thoughts On This Week’s OCAP Meeting Part 1 (Getting There)
This past Tuesday, I was a keynote speaker at the Ohio Coalition of Appraisal Professionals (OCAP). I’ve always seen this organization as one of the stronger state coalitions in the context of getting things done at the legislative level. I had been…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 9 months ago
Appraiserville June 15, 2018
Get Rich Quick? No, Go Out of Business
Hello,
I saw that you registered on our site so I wanted to send you a quick email with some info on our program!
We would just ask you to go out to a property, take at least 4 exterior photos of the home and answer a short yes/no questionnaire, about 15 questions. It’s n…[Read more]
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Jonathan Miller replied to the topic REIC: Policies & Culture of the Appraisal Industry in the forum The Real Estate Industrial Complex Forum 3 years, 9 months ago
Appraiserville June 8, 2018
The Appraisal Foundation Hosts National Appraisal Forum to Discuss Appraisal Waivers and Hybrid Appraisals
“Preserving the Public Trust”
I really got a lot out of this week’s joint meeting with IAC and TAFAC of The Appraisal Foundation that took place in Arlington, VA. I represented my appraisal firm Miller S…[Read more]
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