Appraisers Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Firewalls prohibit communicating with the buyer (very iffy) and any discussions with the broker probably are also inappropriate. John, please get serious!!

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Appraisers Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

And ONE robin doesn’t make it Springtime either. I love it now that these dumb asses are back asking if these are the best comps I could find. I love telling them “hell no, I’m saving the best ones for my grandchildren!!!”

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Appraisers Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Checklist review methodology. In reply to Pat Turner.

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Appraisers Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In reply to DAVE. How Is it being impartial or bias by not taking the time to ask questions, consider all aspects of the transaction , the data, isn’t this in line with USPAP ? otherwise just do an AVM.

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Appraisers Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Well said Tom, I started the same time you did, and I am 120% with you. They have taken humanity out of it, and a lot of our fee as well. Remember walking into a clients office and hand delivering a report?

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Appraisers Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In reply to Dave. We may get a little bump when rates start to come down. I started a year before you and remember how folks were refinancing every time rates dropped a percent or more. I recall appraising one home three times in three years…good times.

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Appraisers Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In reply to Dave. AI is just another tool of the trade. Before starting as an appraiser I was in construction for several years, became a RE salesperson then a broker, then combination broker & appraiser, all before licensing. Licensing removed the broker part of the equation.

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Appraisers Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Ironic that so much time is wasted on baseless revision requests but we are criticized for the time it takes to complete a report. This won’t stop until some entity with clout starts pushing back.

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Appraisers Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Spent the majority of my career appraising both residential and commercial properties in a major metropolitan market. I had my own appraisal firm for a number of years, prior to the AMC model which dissolved years of relationship building with clients large and small, almost overnight! Unfortunately, appraisers did not.

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Appraisers Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Instead the system applied an in the blind expectation where appraisers were held to a peer standard based on the majority group data. They could have parsed data better and the group model could have had weighted differential where any appraiser whom flipped volume would have not had as much influence in the peer model effects.

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Brian DeChesare

MARCH 8, 2023

And since it’s both specialized and potentially very lucrative , it’s worth discussing separately: What Are Commodity Hedge Funds, and What is “Commodity Trading”? We should also step back and define “commodities” and “commodity trading” since they’re massive areas. power, energy (oil, gas, NGLs, etc.),

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IVSC

OCTOBER 21, 2023

The portfolio consists of over 25,000 assets (owned and leased) that include all major property types except retail in more than 280 cities. Nygard, MAI, FRICS is the Division Chief for the Evaluations Division (“EV”) within the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations of the U.S. Department of State. EV is responsible for evaluation of U.S.

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FE International

APRIL 27, 2022

However, business owners have always had to be conscious of both macro- and micro-economic factors when planning. Taking a closer look at deals we closed in 2021, we see deals by sector spread across B2B Services/Products/Reviews, education and health and fitness, each with 14% of the deals. Key Statistics. Available Capital.

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Reynolds Holding

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

2022 was a tale of two halves for M&A. The beginning of the year was active, as robust dealmaking carried over from the record-breaking levels of 2021 to drive approximately $2.2 trillion worth of global deals through the first half of the year, compared to approximately $2.7 The year ended with total deal volume of $3.6

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 25, 2022

To understand the disclosure landscape, it is helpful to first review the statutes that govern company filings, and the SEC rules that mandate the disclosure of material risks. Over the past two years, U.S. public companies faced an unpredictable risk environment. There are reasonable grounds for that position. THE DISCLOSURE LANDSCAPE.

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Reynolds Holding

JUNE 16, 2022

Some have argued that, because the Nation’s approach to climate change is politically contested, [1] and since these matters affect major policy questions over which Congress has not granted the SEC new, explicit powers, the Commission lacks authority to require disclosure in this area. [2] Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2022.

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Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The architect of this campaign was Eduardo Gallardo, the head of the M&A department at Paul Hastings LLP, and, in my view, one of the more creative experts in this field. Legal developments have accelerated the pace of change, and two stand out: First, at the state level, last year in In re Williams Cos.

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