A Few Suggestions for Shorter Turn Times

Appraising is an always changing profession. Every year, it seems, appraisers are asked to provide extra information or have steps added to their research. All to ensure their client gets the best information possible. In order to stay current with the always changing requirements, All State Appraisal Partners, Inc. is constantly acquiring additional tools and improving processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for our customers. Since All State Appraisal Partners, Inc. knows that time is important to everyone, we've listed some things you can do to decrease turn times whenever you order an appraisal from All State Appraisal Partners, Inc..

Are you ordering appraisals online?

With online ordering, you automatically get e-mail notifications that the order was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This tip alone will save the most time! No longer do we have to manually enter information from a fax, and you don't have to wonder whether we received the request.

Are you providing complete and accurate information about the subject property?

Being just one number off on the street address can really add unnecessary time to an appraisal assignment. Unique identifiers like a tax parcel number, plat map number, or subdivision name are great data to pass long with the assignment. Even a list of recent sales from the area is welcome — remember, however, that professional appraisers must always do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours might differ from yours.

You're always free to contact us if you have any questions about your property or an appraisal we're working on for you.

Let us know up front of the property's unique features.

Cookie-cutter homes are relatively easy to appraise. What takes time is analyzing how details 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 details of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's recently had an addition constructed, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's predisposed to flooding. These are things we will find out on our own anyway, and knowing them early on will likely make your report arrive faster.

Are you making the occupants of the home aware of what to expect?

One of the most inefficient steps of the appraisal process is setting an appointment with the current homeowner. Many current homeowners are clearly uneasy with the fact an unknown persons wants to come in their house, look around, and make copious notes. Some think they ought to make the place spotless before the inspection, with the idea that will increase the value. So they delay the appointment until they can get around to cleaning.

Coming directly from you -- someone they've been working with on their loan -- some information 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 your clients to this website, where we have multiple pages of helpful information for homeowners as well as others regarding the appraisal process. Tell them to call us if they want to become familiar with the staff and our services. Remind them it benefits them to set the appointment promptly!

Our website is a great resource for following 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 is available to you online. It's never been easier to keep track of the status of your report.