Appraisers Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

What could this fashionista and socialite have in common with the Appraisal Foundation, an obscure publisher with a government franchise and guaranteed annual grants from a tiny captured federal agency? Appraisers Should Bristle Stealthy vice again masquerades as public virtue. Crack in the Foundation?

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Appraisers Blog

JULY 22, 2022

To establish an independent agency to be known as the Federal Valuation Agency that would oversee the appraisal industry in the name of “equity.” Related Posts: Federal Agency in Charge of Appraisers Having a federal agency in charge of appraisers will be a NIGHTMARE. Leave it to the states as it is….

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Appraisers Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Go to their website and search for appraisal related information. From the monthly conservator audit and advisement reports for GSE’s, to their appraiser bias advisory papers. Intimidating appraisers is back in fashion and is in fact, now an operational requirement. You will be shocked what you find.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

My appraiser pal in Aurora hired an inspection assistant whom is an appraiser, and is getting good traction after several years of attorney marketing. The business model of an amc is predicated upon taking advantage of appraisers, eliminating the appraiser, and replacing the appraiser with lower priced outsourced services.

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Appraisers Blog

JULY 20, 2022

The appraisal industry should be as straight forward as lawn mowing, but due to the special interests pressures within the value industry, it has become convoluted and dysfunctional. Can you imagine if they ran the lawn mower industry like they try to run the appraisal industry? I’m on about lawn mowing lately.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

HUD Secretary Fudge decided to convene a special meeting of master minds with absolutely no real diversity, equity or inclusion included.

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Appraisers Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

The question posed; Is there a problem with racism in the appraisal industry/ The photo which will live in infamy, Mr Perry raised his hand and nobody else did. One by one as the industry players realized the appraisers are racist model could be wildly profitable for them as well, they all started raising their hands too.

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Appraisers Blog

MAY 3, 2024

To many in the appraisal industry, Tidewater reevaluation process may seem tedious. However, it doesn’t go far enough to address damage when true fraud is discovered, and a harmed buyer is left holding an empty equity bag. In reply to KK. Example: A manufactured home declared as new when set and declared real property.

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Appraisers Blog

AUGUST 20, 2023

It’s a simple solution and solves a lot of problems and brings equity back to the Appraiser… not management 2 I would federally mandate that all states maintain a rotation panel for frt’s similar to the VA with allowances for complex to go to bids.

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Appraisers Blog

AUGUST 4, 2023

An appraiser used to routinely post that the appraisal and most underwriting activities are meaningless anyways, the lended amount hardly matters, they have shifted models to primarily qualify the borrowers income, most of the downstream activity after that is moot. Gift me more equity or else. Everything is not what it seems.

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Appraisal Rights

MAY 18, 2022

Stewart Investors, an asset manager focused on emerging markets equity, reaffirmed its policy of voting in favor of appraisal rights in its most recent proxy guidelines. Keeping it simple, Stewart wrote it would “Vote for proposals to restore, or provide shareholders with, rights of appraisal.”.

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Appraisal Rights

MAY 17, 2022

Boston Partners, a specialized equity investor with nearly $75 billion under management, says to vote for appraisal rights as part of i ts proxy guidelines. This is no surprise as appraisal rights are critical shareholder rights, especially in instances of unfair mergers or management’s actions that undervalue the company.

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Appraisal Rights

APRIL 24, 2017

This piece by Law360, “ Appraisal Actions May Be The Next Frontier For PE Shops ,” discusses a range of reactions to the closely watched rulings in the DFC Global and Dell appraisal cases currently on appeal before the Delaware Supreme Court.

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Law 360 M&A

APRIL 29, 2022

shareholder has petitioned Delaware's Court of Chancery for an appraisal of his shares following the education publishing company's $2.8 billion merger this month with affiliates of private equity firm Veritas Capital, telling Law360 that the deal wasn't "properly shopped." A Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.

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Appraisal Rights

DECEMBER 8, 2020

While the appraisal landscape , and many of the major appraisal decisions of the past few years, have concerned the appraisal of public companies, it is critical for investors and practitioners to not lose sight of private appraisal.

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Appraisers Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The Brookings report slandered every one of us and mischaracterized the appraisal industry, leading to a woke bounty placed on all of our licenses and insurance, accelerating the consumer risk by removing essential checks and balances systems which many argue are the last line of consumer defense. ’ That’s one difference.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

I stated I was an appraiser and a Latina woman with a unique and diverse perspective. I thought she just didn’t want input from appraisers because we would prove that her “research” and “data” are flawed and being misinterpreted. I’ve watched quite a few meetings with her about appraisal bias.

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Appraisers Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

NPR topped the online edition of its article with the headline, “Black and Latino Homeowners are About Twice as Likely as Whites To Get Low Appraisals.” Freddie never called the appraisals “low.” The problem? While the Freddie Mac study finds no evidence of undervaluation, the NPR story about the study somehow does.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

Being an appraiser means being unbiased, impartial, and objective. For a HUD DEI committee that looks pretty one sided. Thought exercise. What if that entire panel was white or hispanic? What would the response be? Animal Farm-some people are more equal than others.

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Startup Valuation Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

According to Equitest's Review on techozens.com - Equitest is: "The Best & Trusted Business Appraisal Software for Startups, CPA". As the name suggests Equitest is an intuitive valuation software that makes the equity valuation process simple and affordable for businesses, startups, and professionals.

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Appraisers Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

Not all appraisers want the same things. Some want and support policies that facilitate their continued operation of appraisal puppy mills. DEI; All Appraisers are racists, “Equity” in appraising (whatever the hell that is). Maria, many have tried and are still trying to fix the problems we all face.

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Appraisal Rights

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Stewart Investors, an asset manager focused on the equity of companies in emerging markets, has a policy to vote “for proposals to restore, or provide shareholders with, rights of appraisal.” An emerging markets fund faces an appraisal landscape more diverse than even the already complex U.S. appraisal landscape.

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Appraisers Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

And just like that, real estate appraisers from across the country have now added a new line item to their résumés, websites and marketing material: RESTORATION VALUE MAGICIAN. NAR Report Paints a Different Picture The study also shows the appraisal was the LOWEST scored item on the list of discriminatory practices. Here is a thought.

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Appraisers Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The ranks of the new DEI bosses at the financial institutions are no more diverse than the appraisers their institutions see as the enemy. If the lack of diversity of appraisers is inherently bad, how could the same not be said for the DEI bosses? The post Top DEI Bosses Have a Problem – Diversity appeared on Appraisers Blogs.

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Appraisers Blog

JULY 6, 2023

It’s true the GSE’s don’t really need full service individual appraisers anymore, much of our task is reporting on manipulated markets which have no chance of self correction. The avm will suffice, as that is manipulated by these same companies with interests in keeping affordability and home ownership just out of reach.

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Appraisers Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

The twins, Related Posts: Fannie's 'Equity' Plan: The Drinking Game What makes equity so invidious as a governing tenet is that it involves not just helping people of one racial…. In the Spirit of Equity Fannie makes its subsidies for blacks explicit, but they don’t appear to extend to other racial groups such as Hispanics….

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Appraisal Rights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP posted on Lexology [$$$] about the availability of so-called drag-along rights in private equity deals, which would require minority shareholders to waive rights to appraisal or otherwise challenge controlling shareholder transactions. Authentix Acquisition Co.,

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Appraisers Blog

JULY 6, 2023

Don’t worry about the issue too much, but thank you for trying to better represent the appraiser community. “If those homes are appraised the way that they should be Laura, then we look at being able to pass down, significantly, more resources, and more wealth, to generations that follow.”

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IVSC

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Nygard oversees a staff of appraisers and real estate analysts who review and perform Market Value Appraisals worldwide as well as conduct various analyses including Lease – Purchase, Lease vs. Buy and Fair Market Rent Analyses. Embassy and Consulate facilities and other real estate worldwide. To a typical U.S.

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Appraisers Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Related Posts: Racial Targeting Under the Heading of Diversity, Equity &… This time around, the racial targeting is masked as a virtue under the heading “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,” or “DEI.”… I never paid taxes. My birth certificate and my arrest.

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Appraisers Blog

APRIL 21, 2023

Related Posts: Fannie's 'Equity' Plan: The Drinking Game What makes equity so invidious as a governing tenet is that it involves not just helping people of one racial… Only Blacks Need Apply. Sounds… The post Borrowers With Good Credit Scores to Foot the Bill for Higher Risk Borrowers appeared on Appraisers Blogs.

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Appraisal Rights

MARCH 6, 2019

As in other jurisdictions, there are in Mexico a number of corporate agreements or resolutions that may affect, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, a certain group of equity holders. This group is usually defined as the one that has a smaller equity participation when compared with the controlling shareholders.

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Appraisers Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Educate appraisers. They forgot to mention the few biased reporting blurbs FHFA scraped from a decades worth of appraisals taken from the entire CU repository, were statistically less than one in a million. In reply to Russell. Protect consumers. Who’s educating the consumers? These people are not experts. Sounds legit.

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Farrel Fritz

AUGUST 14, 2023

The authors of this blog have a special affinity for fair value appraisal proceedings. Any miscalculation on methodology, assumptions, normalizations, or any of the countless factors that business appraisers consider can produce a major swing in valuation. 650771/2021 (Sup Ct, NY County 2023).

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IVSC

JANUARY 26, 2022

Johnnie White CEO, American Society of Appraisers. We spoke to ASA Chief Executive, Johnnie White, to find out more about his vision for the future of the appraisal profession… How has your career to date led you to the role you have now? As CEO, I interact with appraisers and allied professionals daily.

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Appraisers Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

And how the Brookings institute story was proven flawed by Tobias Peter and more about how Government has no clue on the appraisal process and only salacious stories seem to make the cut but what about what the Appraiser with boots on the ground has to say. Below is reply from the news director.

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Farrel Fritz

JUNE 6, 2022

Disputes over capital accounts and equity percentages are frequent fodder for business divorce litigation — especially in LLCs without operating agreements. LLC member based on an allegation that its capital contribution was a disguised loan. Moskowitz v Fischer. Moskowitz allegedly took Fischer “at his word.”

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