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Most appraisers will spend their entire careers stuck in a cycle of being overworked and underpaid, not because they arenât skilled, but because they refuse to think and act like real business owners. If youâre still grinding out reports just to âstay busy,â let me be blunt: you donât own a bus...
Most appraisers will never make a million dollarsânot because they canât, but because they wonât. Theyâre stuck thinking small; theyâre stuck in the lack thinking paradigm; theyâre stuck thinking everyone is out to get them and put them out of business; theyâre working too much; and theyâre prici...
If youâre blaming the AMCs, the government, the lenders, and the so called âbottom feedersâ for why youâre starving, why your average fee has decreased, why all your business has disappeared, and why youâre thinking of getting out of the appraisal business, Iâve got some bad news for you: they ...
Itâs the end of one year and almost the start of the next. Itâs that magical time when youâre wrapping up what was hopefully a great year, and then looking forward to what might be for the next. If it wasnât a great year, the magic comes from knowing that the year is almost over and the ne...
One of the big topics of late in the real estate appraisal and lending industries is the proliferation of appraisal waivers and the recent announcement that there are likely to be more loans eligible for waivers in the future as theyâre increasing the loan to value eligibility requirements...
Youâre working too much! Youâre working too hard! And youâre not earning enough for the amount of time and effort youâre putting into this thing you call your profession or vocation. Iâm not sure exactly where the idea of working hard for your money came from, but itâs all but destroying you fr...
How prepared are you? What kind of contingency plans do you have? How long could you last in an extended emergency situation?
Every year, a survey is conducted by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) to find out how many people in disaster prone areas of the country are prepared for a vari...
 What happens when you just donât want to do it anymore? What happens when youâve lost your mojo? What do you do when the love is gone? No, Iâm not talking about your personal relationships, Iâm talking about your work and business and, ultimately, what weâre going to talk about on this episode...
Times are tough for many. Headlines are filled with negativity and foreboding. Things are changing at a pace never before seen in almost every industry and many are struggling to cope with that change. It doesnât seem to matter if youâre in the tech industry, a middle manager for Netflix or Ama...
Say the word âsuccessâ, and what comes to your mind? We all have our own ideas about and definitions of success. Yes, there is a definition in the dictionary (the accomplishment of an aim or a principle), but we all think slightly differently about the word success and it is dependent on our up...
If someone had told me 20 years ago to start branding myself and that the payoff would be exponentially greater than any branding I might do for my business, Iâm not sure I wouldâve bought in. However, 20 years later, not only do I get it completely, Iâm all in and hoping I can articulate it we...
As you all know by now, this show is all about value. It's in the name, it's what the content is all about, it's mentioned in every single episode, and it's one of the most consistent theme words in my own life. At the end of every year, I contemplate on the prior year's successes and failures,...
