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Planning for a Home Renovation: A Guide

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

If you find yourself in this situation, this article will provide you with a guide that may be helpful to you. I hope you enjoy her article! Flooring updates and modern landscaping can upgrade the home’s aesthetics, increasing its overall value. If you’re a real property appraiser in Ohio, check us out!

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Understanding Zillow’s Square Footage is Important!

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

It’s been a while since I’ve written an article. So, first of all, thank you for being here to read articles from my blog! I know most of my readers are interested in appraisal and real estate-related topics. I miss writing and I miss you! So, you must be careful when making this comparison. Click here to visit their website.

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Highest and Best Use: A Superpower You Already Possess

Appraisal Buzz

This article is featured in the 2024 edition of the Appraisal Buzz Magazine. Read all these articles and more in the latest edition HERE. Moreover, appraisers must conduct each of the four tests on the real property as if vacant , and as improved.

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3 Things An Appraisal Should Tell You That You May Not Know

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

With the massive amount of technology available to anyone who can access the internet, you might wonder why bother getting a real property appraisal? Slap a few sales in a report, and make a few guesstimate adjustments to come up with their opinion of a property’s value? Isn’t that all that appraisers do?

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How to Become a Supervisory Appraiser

McKissock

Steps to become a supervisory appraiser Step 1: Meet the requirements Make sure you meet the minimum supervisory appraiser requirements outlined in The Appraisal Foundation’s Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria as well as any additional state requirements that may apply.

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Fannie and Freddie Release New Hybrid and Desktop Forms for Testing

McKissock

As part of their appraisal modernization efforts, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) have issued test forms for Hybrid and Desktop appraisal assignments. He has been a practicing real property appraiser since 1987, and has been instructing and authoring appraisal courses since 1992. Written by Dan Bradley.

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Three Types of Commercial Real Estate Obsolescence

Property Metrics

Functional Obsolescence is the impairment of a real property’s functional capacity due to changes in market tastes and/or standards. In other words, a property could become functionally obsolete when its design, style, amenities, or technology no longer meet the needs and/or expectations of modern tenants.