Due to the national nature of the appraisal industry these days, appraiser’s local reputation for quality and sound judgment has become less important. In other words, we don’t get credit for our total professional body of work and are only as good as our last assignment.

At the same time, as collateral values have been highly volatile and we have become much more scrutinized, it has become even more imperative for an appraiser to guard their credibility in each report we write. Use the following 5 techniques to: strengthen the credibility of your argument- save you time in revisions- and lessen requests for reconsideration of value.