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Appraisers are used to toiling away in relative obscurity, but suddenly the national spotlight is shining on the industry, and in an area that normally is shrouded in comparative secrecy: Fees. More interestingly, people outside the profession are actually worried that appraisal fees may be too low, not too high. Click to view..

This just in: It’s tough being an appraiser in 2010. We all know why. The question is: How do you adapt? First, take a look at your business model. Click to view..

You inspected the property, gathered the data, and wrote a professional, first-rate report. You delivered that report on time, as promised. There’s just one thing missing: Your payment. Click to view..

What if you took an extra 10 minutes during inspections to walk the block and put a flyer on each home’s door? Click to view..

Now that the XSites Desktop’s Energizer plugin is well established as an effective, proven means of creating a website that’s more search engine optimized, all I need to do is go down our list of XSites ranked by Energizer score to find some great sites. Click to view..

While county-level analysis may seem to be the most relevant to the fees you charge on a day to day basis, there’s no denying the fact that your business doesn’t operate in a vacuum. Click to view..

Hawaii is looking better and better to appraisers these days, especially as record snow storms strike large parts of the continental United States. Who can blame them for wanting to sit on the beach and collect among the highest fees in the nation, in a location that also happens to be one of the busiest as well? Click to view..

For years, we’ve told Appraisers to customize their XSite pages to get better search engine rankings. And for years, this approach has worked for appraisers who do it. Even so, may appraisers don’t believe they can effectively customize their content, so they don’t try. This spring, we’re introducing a solution to that problem. Click to view..

I’ve always personally been a believer in DISTO Laser Meters. They’re at least twice as fast as a tape, and extremely accurate (within 1/16th of an inch). Click to view..

How do you inspect in the rain and keep yourself and your gear dry? Spring is almost on us, and for many appraisers that means rain. Click to view..

We talk to more appraisers every day than anyone, anywhere. We know your tech problems, marketing challenges, PC skills, and everything in between. It’s our job. My job is to help make yours easier. Click to view..

In the Appraiser XSite Wizard, there are dozens of pre-written pages you can add to your site. But which ones do your visitors really want to see? Click to view..

Your Appraiser XSite contains a powerful, easy-to-use statistics package that will tell you everything you need to know about your XSite’s performance. Click to view..

One of the most affordable ways for appraisers to stay efficient while away from their desk is a netbook. Click to view..

Our DaVinci Desktop sketching uses many of the shortcuts found in older sketching software, and makes upgrading from your old program virtually painless. Click to view..

We are supremely proud of TOTAL 2010. Not because it’s the result of ace programming. No, we’re proud of it because it’s the result of listening to our customers and those who aren’t our customers... yet. Click to view..

There’s a common misperception out there — especially among appraisal clients — that the “oversupply” of appraisers has created a market where there is no fee too low. Click to view..

We developed the national Appraisal Fee Reference™ to be the authoritative guide to average and median appraisal fees for a base URAR. It is just one of the monthly data sets published as part of our Appraisal Industry Analytics™ practice. Click to view..

When using XSellerate to market your business, there are some basic marketing "do's and don'ts" to know about. In this article we discuss these nine topics as they relate to leaving positive impressions with both existing and potential clients. Click to view..

If you’re in the market for a new smartphone, June is going to be a big month for you depending on your carrier. AT&T and Sprint are offering the new iPhone and Palm Pre, respectively, but Verizon and T-Mobile may very well have some interesting offerings of their own. So what can you expect? Click to view..