5 Tips for Shorter Turn Times

Appraising is an always changing profession. Commonly, it seems, appraisers are asked to supply extra information or have steps added to their research. They do this additional work to ensure the end user is presented with the most useful information possible. To keep up with the always changing requirements, Advanced Data Resources, Inc. is constantly seeking additional tools and improving processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for our customers. At Advanced Data Resources, Inc. we know that time is important to everybody, so we've listed a couple of items you can do to speed up the process on any appraisals ordered with Advanced Data Resources, Inc.:

Order your appraisals electronically. When you order online, you receive automatic e-mail notifications that the assignment was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This tip alone will save the most time! No longer do we have to re-key information from a fax, and nor will you 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 unnecessarily slow down an appraisal assignment. And if you have a tax parcel number, plat map number, subdivision name or anything else that uniquely identifies the property, please pass it along. We even welcome lists of recent sales from the area — though be advised that professional appraisers must always do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may differ from yours.


	Pleaase contact us if you have any questions about your property or a job we're working on for you.

Tell us up front of the property's unique characteristics. Cookie-cutter houses are relatively easy to appraise. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how unique details 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 features of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's recently had an addition put on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, and it's predisposed to flooding. These are things we'd find out on our own anyway, and knowing them early on is likely to make your report arrive without delay.
Let the homeowner know what to expect. Setting an appointment with the homeowner can be one of the most time consuming tasks in the appraisal process. It's understandable for a homeowner to be uncomfortable with an unknown person inspecting every square foot of their home, taking pictures, and making numerous notes. A common belief is that they ought to make the place spotless before the appraiser comes by, under the impression that will increase the appraised value . So they choose to not schedule the appointment until the house is cleaned.

Hearing from you -- a trusted party with whom they already have a business relationship -- some information about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't increase their home's value one bit, will help move the process along for everyone. I encourage you to point them to this website, where we have lots of pages of helpful information for homeowners and others about the appraisal process. Tell them to call us if they want to familiarize themselves with our staff and services. Remind them it's in their interest to set the appointment as soon as possible!
Our website is a great resource for following your report's status. 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. It's never been easier to track your report's status.