Five Tips for Swifter Turn Times

The appraisal profession is evolving at all times. Commonly, it seems, appraisers are asked to supply extra information or have steps added to their process. All to guarantee the end user is presented with the best information available. To stay current with the continuously changing requirements, Paradigm Appraisal Group, Inc is always researching additional tools and tweaking processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for you. Since Paradigm Appraisal Group, Inc knows that time is important to everyone, here are a few things you can do to trim turn times each time you order an appraisal with Paradigm Appraisal Group, Inc.

Always order your appraisals online.: When you order online, you receive automatic e-mail notifications that the request was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This tip single-handedly will save the most time! We don't have to retype information from a fax, and nor will you wonder whether we got the order.
Verify that the subject property information is accurate and complete.: There's nothing like being one number off on the street address to unnecessarily interrupt 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 — though be advised that professional appraisers must always do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may differ from yours.
Tell us up front of the property's unique features.: It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter home. What takes time is analyzing how elements unique to a property contribute 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 features of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's had a recent addition constructed, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's prone to flooding. While these are things that we'd find out on our own, knowing them early on makes your report arrive faster.
Be sure the occupants know the the plan.: Setting an appointment with the homeowner can be one of the most inefficient tasks in the appraisal process. It's understandable for a homeowner to be apprehensive with an outsider looking in every square foot of their home, taking pictures, and making abundant notes. Having the thought that it will increase the value, many homeowners believe they need to make the place spotless before the inspection. So they delay the appointment until they have cleaned.

Hearing it directly from you -- a person they have been working with on their loan -- some info about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't increase their home's value one little bit, and can decrease the appraisal inspection time. Please feel free to point them to our website, where we have several pages of useful information for homeowners and others describing the appraisal process. Have them call us if they want to meet the staff and learn more about our services. And tell them it's to their benefit to set the appointment as soon as possible!
Are you using our website as a resource to keep tabs on the status of your report?: Phone and fax tag are a thing of the past with 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 keep track of the status of your report.