 Commercial Appraisal Productivity Seminar
COMING SOON TO ORLANDO!
Do you know what you make an hour? Many appraisers just complete the reports on their desk, not setting and obtaining their production potential.The top appraisers in the country out produce 80% of the "typical" appraisers (by a wide margin) and retain high quality report product. Find out how.Join us for our 3-Hour Productivity Seminar and learn the production secrets of the best commercial appraisers. Time management, office efficiency tips, internal systems, leveraging applications and technology solutions. |
No. 1 Selling Comp
Database Software
|
| _________________________ |
|
Are You Current?
DataComp Version 6 is now available. Please contact 813.221.0703 or Sarah for further details. |
| _________________________ |
|
Additional Services Available
Need more custom fields in DataComp© but don't have the time to set them up? We now offer service to set up your Custom Tabs for you. The price varies depending on how many fields you want configured.
Don't forget...you can also contact us about setting up your DataComp© Custom Outputs for both Word and Excel.
Interested? Please contact Sarah Razai at 813.221.0703. She will be happy to help. |
Tech Support Current?
How confident are you in an in-house appraiser fixing your SQL database?Unfortunately, computers and servers are not as reliable as we would like, so keep your Tech Support current in case the unfortunate happens. |
Your DataComp Data is Important! Traditional back up programs may not be saving your data. Ensure that your data is safe by using the DataComp backup function. Instructions can be found here. |
YouConnect© is a web-based Appraisal and Vendor Management solution enabling institutions to automate and steamline this part of their business, while satisfying federal and state examination and auditing requirements.
For more information, please visit our website, call 813.349.2700, or email Sunda. | |
For more information;
___________________________
EDGE/DataComp
Bundle Pricing!
Save up to 30%
Contact Adam or call 813.349.2700. |
|
Additional Services Available
Too busy to create your own Custom Templates? We're here to help.
We now offer services to create your Custom Templates for use with our appraisal writing software, EDGE.
Interested? Please contact Sarah Razai at 813.221.0703. She will be happy to help. |
For more information on RealWired!© Products and Services, please visit our website, call 813.349.2700, or email Sunda. |
|
APPRAISAL BEST PRACTICES
by Jeff Hicks, President
The Dohring Group/realwired!©
We have been gathering best practice tips for over ten years from the best appraisers in the country and now we'd like to share them with you. |
|
It used to be reading, writing and arithmetic. Now it refers to Jack Johnson's lyrics "Reduce Reuse Recycle". I am into recycling at home and attempt to be at the office, although I find the apathy of Tampa's waste management recycling artisans to be recalcitrant. The 3R's apply to commercial appraisers. -
Reduce: I challenge you to go totally paperless, lose the printed drafts for review (consider Word's mark-up) and file folders (use dual monitors to enter data directly into your applications - like DataComp or EDGE). Persuade your clients to accept your reports in PDFs only. You would be surprised at how many banks are following this trend.
-
Reuse: This one is easy. I'm talking about appraisal boiler plate (BP) language. I think BP is misunderstood by appraisers, as well as their clients. I'm not talking about stilted, ancient neighborhood descriptions that talk about the settlers that came to town in 1892. Rather, fresh up-to-date neighborhood, regional and market data.
Identify someone in your office and with what frequency they will update your market data for retail, office, industrial or lodging property types. Specifically, total inventory SF, occupancy %, absorption trends and average rent for various local submarkets.
-
Recycle: In a word - comps. Use DataComp to professionally manage and share your comps in your office. The cost to confirm, take a picture and properly "write up" a comp is very expensive. Moreover, you don't want your appraisers talking to the same confirming source for the same comp. Duplicity is expensive and embarrassing if you call the same person about the same sale.
So remember the 3R's...It's good for the environment and your appraisal practice.
If you have an appraisal "best practice" you would like to share, please forward to Sunda@realwired.com . If your best practice is selected, your name and company will be showcased. |
| ___________________________________ |
Windows 7
 Are you currently a Windows 7 user or planning to be? If so, you will need to upgrade to our latest DataComp
Version 6. |
| ___________________________________ | DataComp©Tip
Using "Copy Records"
The Copy Records functionality can make adding numerous comps with similar write-ups more manageable. Creating a "skeleton" comp and filling in like fields will save time and effort. For example, let's say we are entering multiple office condo unit sales in the same building. The following fields will be the same for all of the records: confirming appraiser, verification date, county, city and remarks.
1. First, we will create a "skeleton" comp by creating a new record and entering data only in those fields.
2. Select Edit and then Copy Record. 
3. Create a new record. Select Edit and then Paste Record.
 4. There will now be two records with the same basic data in the database. Specific information for each comp can now be entered without having to retype the same basic data for each record.
|
| ___________________________________ | |
Storing PDF's to DataComp - We Asked, You Responded
The response was an overwhelming YES. So, we are currently in the development process of adding this feature to DataComp and will keep you updated as we get closer to a release date.
Thanks again for your input. |
| ___________________________________ | |
|
|
|
