USPAP makes it clear: our job is to protect the public trust.
We provide an independent, unbiased opinion of value — even when that opinion makes someone uncomfortable.
But let’s be honest…
-If your appraisal comes in under contract, it’s “a bad appraisal.”
-If you always hit the contract price, you’re considered “a great appraiser” — but really, you might just be a paper-pusher.
And that’s the rub.
We’re expected to be independent, but we’re punished the second our opinion of value doesn’t align with what someone else wants.
📌 Revisions
📌 ROVs
📌 Complaints
Almost always over value.
Not process.
Not methods.
Value.
So let me ask…
✅ USPAP protects the public.
✅ NAR protects the agents.
❓ Who protects the appraiser?
I’ve seen appraisals that were… let’s say questionable, propped up by contract price alone.
I’ve also made mistakes. We all have. No one’s perfect.
But the point is: we’re held accountable. And we should be.
But when the public — or worse, the system — comes after us simply for doing our job?
Where’s our support then?
Our biggest weakness?
We’re fractured.
We’re lone wolves.
We see other appraisers as competition instead of colleagues.
That’s got to stop.
We need community.
We need standards — without egos.
We need to stop treating different methods like wrong methods.
Want to take your industry back?
It starts with getting involved.
Locally. Nationally. Wherever you can.
📍 Kentucky Association of Appraisers (KAA)
📍 National Association of Appraisers (NAA)
📍 Florida is organizing.
📍 Texas is already setting the bar.
If you don’t have a group near you? Start one.
Reach out. Grab a coffee. Spark a conversation.
That’s how it begins.
We don’t need to be gatekeepers. We need to be builders.
Let’s stop the “gotcha” mentality and build a pro-appraiser future.
Because no one’s coming to save us.
And honestly? They never were.
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