5 Steps to Faster Turn Times

The appraisal profession is constantly evolving. Often, it seems, appraisers are asked to provide extra information or have steps added to their research. They do this additional work to ensure the end user is presented with the most useful data. In order to keep up with the constantly changing requirements, Moore Appraisal Company is constantly seeking new tools and improving processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for you. Since Moore Appraisal Company knows that time is important to everyone, we've listed some things you can do to reduce turn times whenever you order an appraisal from Moore Appraisal Company:

Always order your appraisals online. With online ordering, you automatically get e-mail notifications that the assignment was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. It's the single biggest time saver available to both of us! We don't have to re-key information from a fax, and nor will you 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 unnecessarily delay 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 — however, remember that professional appraisers are lawfully required to do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may differ from yours.


	If you have any questions about your property or a job we're working on for you, feel free to call us at (205) 921-5555

Are you telling us up front any elements of the property that might make it distinct? It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter home. 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. At the time you order your report, be sure to let us know if there are unique characteristics 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 susceptible to flooding. While these are things that we would find out on our own, knowing them early on makes your report arrive sooner.
Do the occupants know what to expect? One of the most inefficient tasks of the appraisal process is setting an appointment with the current homeowner. It's understandable for a homeowner to be uneasy with an outsider inspecting every corner of their home, taking pictures, and making copious notes. Not uncommonly they think they need to make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection, with the belief that will increase the appraised value . So they put off the appointment until it is cleaned.

Hearing it directly from you -- a trusted party with whom they already have a business relationship -- a little info 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. Our website has lots of pages of useful information about the appraisal process for homeowners. I encourage you to share it with your customers. Encourage them to call us if they want to become familiar with the staff and our services. And tell them it benefits them to set the appointment quickly!
Our website is a great resource for following the status of your report. No more phone and fax tag. Up-to-the-minute status updates are available online, anytime, 24/7. As we complete each important milestone in an assignment, that information is available to you online. There's no faster or easier way to keep track of the status of your report.