Jared Preisler, SRA, is chief appraiser for DataMaster, Layton, UT.
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Appraisers are in a profession that encounter a high-level of scrutiny. First, our reports must pass whatever internal review process is in place within our own work environment. Second, they must pass AMC and / or lender processing
Appraisers are well-trained and well-suited to provide a wide variety of valuation and valuation-related services. Appraisers (and their clients) often underestimate appraisers’ abilities and the additional services they can provide.
So, when Jeff called and asked if I could put together an article in 48 hours, and he suggested I work off something recent, I thought well, that’s an easy way out but no, I won’t do it. Well, upon reconsideration, yes, I partially will.
Weeks ago, I read a story in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) suggesting people were leaving golf communities in order to move downtown to experience more urban living. Like other suburban transplants, they were looking for neighborhood,
Reports throughout the Boston commercial real estate markets are positive and the outlook for the year is, as ever, cautiously optimistic; nothing new there. Rents are up, pricing is up, occupancy is up, the pipeline is full, and employment is near full.
E-Commerce has long been blamed for the weakening of brick and mortar retailers as we continue to witness big box stores close their doors. Landlords are typically left with large spaces that are often costly and difficult to reconfigure into
Appraisal is a process which finds rationality in market behaviors that strike the average person as mysterious, not logical, and sometimes irrational. In markets such as we are experiencing today there is a certain inexorable motion where many are striving to see what may be below the surface.
Rey Archambault, SRA is principal of Archambault & Associates, Southington, Conn.
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Steven Elliott, SRA, MRA, is principal at Elliott Gottschalk & Associates, Ashland, Mass.
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