A Few Steps to Swifter Turn Times

Appraising is an always changing profession. Regularly, it seems, appraisers are asked to provide additional information or have steps added to their research. All of this is to guarantee the end user gets the best data to be had. In order to keep up with the constantly changing requirements, Paradigm Appraisal Group, Inc is always researching additional tools and improving 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 some things you can do to accelerate the process each time you order an appraisal from Paradigm Appraisal Group, Inc.

Always order your appraisals online.: By ordering online, you get automatic e-mail acknowledgements 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 re-key information from a fax, and you don't have to wonder whether the order was received.
Are you providing complete and accurate information about the subject property?: There's nothing like being one number off on the street address to add unnecessary time to an appraisal assignment. Unique identifiers like a tax parcel number, plat map number, or subdivision name is good information to pass long with the request. We even welcome lists of recent sales in the area — remember, however, that professional appraisers must always do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may differ from yours.
Be sure to tell us about the unique elements of this property.: It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter home. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how differing elements 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 details of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's recently had an addition put on, 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 as early as possible will likely make your report arrive earlier.
Did you make the homeowner of the home aware of what to expect?: Setting an appointment with the homeowner can be one of the most tedious tasks in the appraisal process. Some current homeowners are clearly apprehensive with the fact an outsider wants to come in their house, look around, and take lots of notes. With the idea that it will increase the value, many homeowners think they need to make the place spotless before the appraiser comes by. So they choose to not schedule the appraisal inspection until the house is cleaned.

Coming directly from you -- someone they have been working with on their loan -- a little bit about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't increase their home's value one little bit, and likely shorten the time it takes to inspect a home. Please feel free to point them to this website, where we have several pages of helpful information for homeowners as well as others describing the appraisal process. Tell them to call us if they want to meet our staff and learn more about our services. And tell them it benefits them to set the appointment as soon as possible!
Easily track the status of your report on our website.: No more phone and fax tag. Up-to-the-minute status updates are available online, anytime, 24/7. As each important milestone in an assignment is completed, that information is instantly available to you online. There's no easier way to track your report's status.