Comments for Ascot Appraisals http://ascotappraisals.com Kern County Residential Real Estate Appraisers Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:13:04 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on HVCC – It’s a Joke That Isn’t Funny by Retired Appraiser http://ascotappraisals.com/?p=59&cpage=1#comment-28 Retired Appraiser Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:13:04 +0000 http://ascotappraisals.com/?p=59#comment-28 I'm with you on the nonrenewal. My license will arrive at the appraiser's board coated in feces along with a note telling them that I choose not to renew a license that has far less value than a piece of used toilet paper. I’m with you on the nonrenewal. My license will arrive at the appraiser’s board coated in feces along with a note telling them that I choose not to renew a license that has far less value than a piece of used toilet paper.

]]> Comment on HVCC – It’s a Joke That Isn’t Funny by Tom http://ascotappraisals.com/?p=59&cpage=1#comment-26 Tom Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:20:52 +0000 http://ascotappraisals.com/?p=59#comment-26 This is the last time I plan to renew my appraisal license in 2010. Since the first of the year 2010 I have completed 18 appraisal reports. In years past I completed 150 reports in a year. Real Estate Appraisal profession is no longer a workable business plan as I never intended to have a (#*&$ing) partner in business. Barney Frank and Dodd will create something new in July of 2010. Hopefully, a plan will return to reasonable appraisal fees for appraisers to survive or it the end of the profession. My plan is to just sell foreclosures as there will continue to be alot more homes to sell soon. Meanwhile, I will be on my yacht for the entire summer 2010 as I am burnt toast after 22 years in the appraisal business. I have no desire to work with any AMC. This is the last time I plan to renew my appraisal license in 2010. Since the first of the year 2010 I have completed 18 appraisal reports. In years past I completed 150 reports in a year. Real Estate Appraisal profession is no longer a workable business plan as I never intended to have a (#*&$ing) partner in business.

Barney Frank and Dodd will create something new in July of 2010. Hopefully, a plan will return to reasonable appraisal fees for appraisers to survive or it the end of the profession.

My plan is to just sell foreclosures as there will continue to be alot more homes to sell soon. Meanwhile, I will be on my yacht for the entire summer 2010 as I am burnt toast after 22 years in the appraisal business. I have no desire to work with any AMC.

]]> Comment on HVCC – It’s a Joke That Isn’t Funny by Jason http://ascotappraisals.com/?p=59&cpage=1#comment-24 Jason Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:11:40 +0000 http://ascotappraisals.com/?p=59#comment-24 If appraisers from the very start would have flipped the bird to the gov/AMC then we wouldnt be in this mess. I have and will never work for an AMC, and I wish every appraiser would do the same. My family has appraised for two decades, now some of them are working for peanuts and being treated like bums. No way people, get a spine. If appraisers from the very start would have flipped the bird to the gov/AMC then we wouldnt be in this mess. I have and will never work for an AMC, and I wish every
appraiser would do the same. My family has appraised for two decades, now some of them are working for peanuts and being treated like bums. No way people, get a spine.

]]> Comment on HVCC – It’s a Joke That Isn’t Funny by Ron http://ascotappraisals.com/?p=59&cpage=1#comment-11 Ron Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:51:00 +0000 http://ascotappraisals.com/?p=59#comment-11 I am ahead of you guys. At first I simply don't accept AMC work unless it paid my full fee. However, after surveying the fact that with the HVCC i no longer have the right to build my business by pursuing and servicing the clients I choose to service and was left sitting aroung waiting like a puppy in a shelter waiting to be picked, I said to hell with it and now I just refuse AMC work, period. If I am going to go broke, I may as well be a man about it and keep some dignity. Thank God, the Founding Fathers were not Appraisers, because they never would have come together and would have gladly accepted the crums of King George. I am ahead of you guys. At first I simply don’t accept AMC work unless it paid my full fee. However, after surveying the fact that with the HVCC i no longer have the right to build my business by pursuing and servicing the clients I choose to service and was left sitting aroung waiting like a puppy in a shelter waiting to be picked, I said to hell with it and now I just refuse AMC work, period. If I am going to go broke, I may as well be a man about it and keep some dignity. Thank God, the Founding Fathers were not Appraisers, because they never would have come together and would have gladly accepted the crums of King George.

]]> Comment on HVCC – It’s a Joke That Isn’t Funny by David http://ascotappraisals.com/?p=59&cpage=1#comment-10 David Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:27:41 +0000 http://ascotappraisals.com/?p=59#comment-10 I'm with you on turning down AMC work. I spent 18 years building my appraisal practice but chose to walk away from it last July. Show me a profession where you are not allowed to work with the clientele that you spent 18 years building and I'll show you a dead end job. If I wanted to give up one half my income to a pimp (AMC) I would have taken a job as a man whore on a street corner. There is no way that HVCC is a case of unintended consequences. It's simply another case of the big banks using Andrew Cuomo in their quest to make a few billion dollars more off the sweat of new and retarded appraisers. I’m with you on turning down AMC work. I spent 18 years building my appraisal practice but chose to walk away from it last July. Show me a profession where you are not allowed to work with the clientele that you spent 18 years building and I’ll show you a dead end job. If I wanted to give up one half my income to a pimp (AMC) I would have taken a job as a man whore on a street corner. There is no way that HVCC is a case of unintended consequences. It’s simply another case of the big banks using Andrew Cuomo in their quest to make a few billion dollars more off the sweat of new and retarded appraisers.

]]> Comment on HVCC – It’s a Joke That Isn’t Funny by Mike http://ascotappraisals.com/?p=59&cpage=1#comment-6 Mike Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:50:46 +0000 http://ascotappraisals.com/?p=59#comment-6 @David - Thank you for your comments. I've been running around saying the same thing. What if appraisers just took a month and refused to work for AMCs at all? Where would they be then? The sad thing is that I think there are so many people willing to cut each other's throats for that "one" deal that it would be difficult to pull off. At this point I have not done any AMC work at all. But, when FHA switches over... that might be a different story and I might be in a jam. @David – Thank you for your comments. I’ve been running around saying the same thing. What if appraisers just took a month and refused to work for AMCs at all? Where would they be then?

The sad thing is that I think there are so many people willing to cut each other’s throats for that “one” deal that it would be difficult to pull off. At this point I have not done any AMC work at all. But, when FHA switches over… that might be a different story and I might be in a jam.

]]> Comment on HVCC – It’s a Joke That Isn’t Funny by David http://ascotappraisals.com/?p=59&cpage=1#comment-5 David Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:41:13 +0000 http://ascotappraisals.com/?p=59#comment-5 Sounds like you're as fed up with the HVCC B.S. as we are. Are you ready for an appraisers strike? It's really the only solution...appraisers refuse to think about it though. They think they have something to lose. The truth is they've already lost everything by waiting to act. Sounds like you’re as fed up with the HVCC B.S. as we are. Are you ready for an appraisers strike? It’s really the only solution…appraisers refuse to think about it though. They think they have something to lose. The truth is they’ve already lost everything by waiting to act.

]]> Comment on HVCC – It’s a Joke That Isn’t Funny by Amy’s Musings » I Was Asked To: American Residential Law Group http://ascotappraisals.com/?p=59&cpage=1#comment-3 Amy’s Musings » I Was Asked To: American Residential Law Group Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:51:44 +0000 http://ascotappraisals.com/?p=59#comment-3 [...] I hope they get around to covering something that hits a little closer to home for me, HVCC or Home Valuation Code of Conduct. This little miracle of a disaster has done one hell of a doozy on the mortgage industry. What was [...] [...] I hope they get around to covering something that hits a little closer to home for me, HVCC or Home Valuation Code of Conduct. This little miracle of a disaster has done one hell of a doozy on the mortgage industry. What was [...]

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