Because we need one
The Real Estate Appraisers
Bill of Rights
Article 1: Real Estate Appraisers are licensed independent contractors and no law shall be passed that mandates any other entity, private or cooperate to gain monopolistic control over the appraiser’s livelihood for any reason.
Article 2: Any financial entity or management company who contracts appraisal services shall be required by law to post the appraiser’s fee no later than three days after the appraisal is delivered and approved. Any approval, if needed shall not take more than one day.
Article 3: When working with a private party, all appraisers shall be compensated in advance of the job to insure non partiality.
Article 4: Appraisers in good standing shall not be required to provide any qualification information to any entity with the exception of your state license number and your insurance carrier.
Article 5: Any business entity which requires an appraiser to submit tax information shall be registered with a governmental agency and provide the appraiser sufficient information to research them as clients.
Article 6: Any party that reviews work provided by an appraiser shall be required to be an appraiser that is at least of an equal license level as the appraiser under review. The reviewing party must be available to communicate directly with the appraiser if the appraiser so desires.
Article 7: Appraisal software companies and appraisal management companies shall not collude in any way that excludes any appraiser from participating with one company exclusive of the other.
Just a thought but wouldn't it be great if appraisers were a little more coherent than a bag of cats, and maybe we could get some legal protection through?
I don;t know about the rest of you appraisers but I am tired of management companies skimming off of our work and screwing around with our checks for almost two months when they get paid in advance. A lot of other things piss me off too. I bet other appraisers could add to this document and are welcome to send me ideas.
Paul James
