Five Steps to Shorter Turn Times

Appraising is a constantly changing profession. Each year, it seems, appraisers are asked to offer extra information or have steps added to their process. All of this is to guarantee their client gets the most useful data possible. In order to keep up with the constantly changing requirements, ASAP Appraisal Services, Inc. is continuously seeking new tools and improving processes in order to increase efficiency so we can do more work for you. Since ASAP Appraisal Services, Inc. knows that time is important to everyone, we've listed a few tips you can do to hasten the process when you order an appraisal from ASAP Appraisal Services, Inc.:

Order your appraisals on the Internet. By ordering online, you receive automatic e-mail acknowledgements that the request was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. It's the single biggest time saver available to both of us! We don't have to re-key information from a fax, and nor will you wonder whether we got the request.
Complete and accurate subject property information is key. Being just one number off on the street address can really unnecessarily slow down an appraisal assignment. Unique identifiers like a tax parcel number, plat map number, or subdivision name are great data to include with your request. We even welcome lists of recent sales in the area — though be advised that professional appraisers are lawfully required to do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may be different from yours.


	Feel free to call us at (480)200-6816 if you have any questions about your property or a job we're working on for you.

Be sure to tell us about the property's unique elements. Cookie-cutter houses are relatively easy to appraise. What takes time is analyzing how differing details add to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. Let us know up front when you order your report if there are unique elements of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's recently had an addition built on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, and it's susceptible to flooding. While these are things that we'd find out on our own, knowing them sooner will likely make your report arrive quicker.
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 inefficient tasks in the appraisal process. Some homeowners are understandably uneasy with the fact that a stranger wants to come in their house, look around, and make copious notes. Under the belief that it will make the house appraise higher, some 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.

Hearing it directly from you -- a trusted party with whom they already have a business relationship -- some knowledge about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't make a significant difference in their home's value, will help move the process along for everyone. I encourage you to point your customers to this website, where we have lots of pages of helpful information for homeowners and others about the appraisal process. They can even call us if they want to become familiar with the staff and our services. And tell them it's in their interest to set the appointment soon!
Easily keep tabs on the status of your report on our website. Why are you still playing phone and fax tag when our website offers up-to-the-minute status updates available online, anytime, 24/7? As we complete each important milestone in an assignment, that information can be viewed instantly online. There's no faster or easier way to keep track of the status of your report.