Some Steps to Shorter Turn Times

Appraising is an always changing profession. Every year, it seems, appraisers are asked to offer extra information or have steps added to their appraisal process. All to guarantee their client gets the best data possible. To keep up with the continuously changing requirements, Colorado Mountain Products & Services is continuously testing additional tools and tweaking processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for our clients. Since Colorado Mountain Products & Services knows that time is important to everyone, we've listed a few items you can do to reduce turn times every time you order an appraisal from Colorado Mountain Products & Services.

Are you ordering appraisals online?: By ordering online, you automatically get e-mail confirmations that the order was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. Online ordering is the single biggest time saver available to both of us! We don't have to manually enter information from a fax, and you don't have to wonder whether the order was received.
Confirm that the subject property data is accurate and complete.: Being just one number off on the street address can really add unnecessary time to 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. Even a list of recent sales in the area is welcome — though be advised that professional appraisers must always do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours might differ from yours.
Be sure to tell us about the property's distinct features.: Cookie-cutter homes are relatively easy to appraise. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how features unique to a property add to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. When you order your report, let us know if there are unique details of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's had a recent addition put on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's prone to flooding. These are things we will find out on our own anyway, and knowing them sooner will likely make your report arrive earlier.
Does the homeowner know what to expect?: Confirming an inspection time and date with the homeowner can be one of the most time consuming steps in the appraisal process. Some homeowners are understandably uneasy with the notion an unknown persons wants to come in their home, look around, and take lots of notes. With the belief that it will increase the value, a few homeowners feel they have to make the place spotless before the inspection. And will delay the appraisal inspection until the house is cleaned.

Hearing it directly from you -- the person they are working with on their loan -- some info about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't make it more likely their sale will close, and can decrease the appraisal inspection time. Please feel free to point your clients to this website, where we have lots of pages of relevant information for homeowners as well as others describing the appraisal process. Tell them to call us if they want to meet our staff and learn more about our services. And tell them it's in their interest to set the appointment as quickly as possible!
Easily track the status of your report on our website.: 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 each important milestone in an assignment is completed, that information is available to you online. It's never been easier to keep track of the status of your report.