1. Make sure you or your borrower are ready to pay the fee at the time you place your order.
2. Let your borrower know that you are in a hurry, and to expect a call from an Appraiser within a day.   Encourage your borrower to make the appointment for the earliest time the appraiser has available.  Your borrower should be ready to adjust their schedule to the appraiser's availability, or should make arrangements to have someone let them in the property.  They should not expect the appraiser to be willing to schedule the appraisal outside of normal business hours -- the appraiser needs to see the property in broad daylight and will not be able to inspect the property in the dark or during some inclement weather.
3. If you are ordering a interior/exterior appraisal then do not assume that your borrower knows that they will have to provide the appraiser access to ALL interior and exterior areas of the property .  It is common for a property owner to be surprised by this, and it occasionally results in unnecessary delays.  It is also important to let the person who will be meeting the appraiser know that they will have to have access to every single unit in a multi-family building, and that any obstructions that  limit the appraisers physical or visual access to any part of  the property (such as junk or building supplies piled up against exterior or interior walls) could result in a delay.
4. Make sure that you submit all the necessary information correctly.  By far the leading the leading cause of appraisal delays is a lack of attention to detail on the part of the person ordering the appraisal.  AppraiserLoft recommends double checking all the information before submitting your order:
   • Are the borrower's name and access contact spelled correctly?
   • Is the property address correct?
   • Did you provide a couple of working phone numbers for the access contact?
   • If your appraisal order is for a real estate purchase,  did you attach a copy of the sales contract?
   • Did you include an accurate lot size and legal description, relevant real estate tax information, and notice of any unusual or special conditions?
   • Are you ordering the correct appraisal report?  Check with the lender and make sure you know the correct form number and any extra addenda that are required to close the loan.  Generally, multi-family properties need to be on multi-family forms, manufactured homes on manufactured housing forms, and non-owner occupied property appraisals will need to include operating income statements and rent schedules.
   • Is a cost approach or income approach required.  Generally the cost approach and income approaches are not relevant to an accurate value estimation and the appraiser will not include them unless specifically asked to do so. Check with the lender before you order to avoid delays.
   • Is the e-mail address you have have submitted as your contact e-mail correct and are you checking it regularly?  You will receive status updates and notification of any problems through your e-mail as well as on the AppraiserLoft website so make sure you check both as often as you can.
5.   Make sure that your borrower is fully aware of the possible consequences of delaying their inspection or missing their scheduled appointment.  Let them know if such delays are likely to cost them money or delay their closing.

It would be our pleasure to pull comparable sales data, however, we ask that you submit the request from our website so we will be able to provide you with better service and ensure a rapid turn-around.  

Any comp requests submitted through email, fax or by phone will not be completed.

Directions for comp request submittal:

• Log in to your account  by clicking on the orange "Login" link in the upper right corner.  (If you are not currently registered with us, you can become registered by clicking on "AppraiserLoft Sign Up" on the right)
• Once logged on, click on "My Dashboard" (upper left corner).
• Click on the navigation tab labeled "Sales Comparables"
• Fill in the necessary fields of the online Comp Request Form (include any additional information you may know about the property in the Notes section).
• Click on "Request Comparables" when finished. 

With this new feature you are now able to keep record of each comparable sales request for unlimited preview while also keeping a list of all pending requests.  Also, if you choose to proceed with an appraisal order upon reviewing the returned comparable information, you can do so easily through this added convenience. 

After submitting your online comp form the request is then immediately forwarded to me for processing.  Upon receiving the comp request, I will review the property information and comparable sales for the property and provide you with the details.  As far as turn-time, I aim to get the comparable data back to you, via email, within 24 hours of submittal.  I look forward to seeing your request come through our website.

This report form is designed to report an appraisal of a one-unit property or a one-unit property with an accessory unit; including a unit in a planned unit development (PUD), based on an interior and exterior inspection of the subject property. This report form is not designed to report an appraisal of a manufactured home or a unit in a condominium or cooperative project.

This report form is designed to report an appraisal of a one-unit property or a one-unit property with an accessory unit; including a unit in a planned unit development (PUD), based on an exterior-only inspection of the subject property from at least the street. This report form is not designed to report an appraisal of a manufactured home or a unit in a condominium or cooperative project.

This report form is designed to report an appraisal of a one-unit manufactured home; including a manufactured home in a planned unit development (PUD) based on an interior and exterior inspection of the subject property. A Manufactured home located in either a condominium or cooperative project requires the appraiser to inspect the project and complete the project information section of the Individual Condominium Unit Appraisal Report or the Individual Cooperative Interest Appraisal Report and attach it as an addendum to this report.

This report form is designed to report an appraisal of a two- to four-unit property, including a two- to four-unit property in a planned unit development (PUD). A two- to four-unit property located in either a condominium or cooperative project requires the appraiser to inspect the project and complete the project information section of the Individual Condominium Unit Appraisal Report or the Individual Cooperative Interest Appraisal Report and attach it as an addendum to this report.

This report form is designed to report an appraisal of a unit in a condominium project or a condominium unit in a planned unit development (PUD) based on an interior and exterior inspection of the subject property. This report form is not designed to report an appraisal of a manufactured home or a unit in a cooperative project.

A lender uses this form for the spot-check appraisal component of its quality control process. This appraisal field review report is intended to provide the lender/client with an opinion on the accuracy of the appraisal report under review.

A lender uses this form for the spot-check appraisal component of its quality control process. This appraisal field review report is intended to provide the lender/client with an opinion on the accuracy of the appraisal report under review.

The lender uses this form to document that an architect or engineer has reviewed a new project and has certified that the project has been completed in accordance with the plans and specifications (or that any incomplete items are minor and do not affect livability).

The lender should use this form to determine the amount of operating income that can be used in evaluating the applicant's credit on applications for conventional mortgages that are secured by one-family investment properties and all two- to four-family properties (including those in which the applicant occupies one of the units as a principal residence).

The lender uses this form to obtain the market rent for a conventional single-family investment property from the appraiser.

* All information listed in this section is up to date as shown on the Fannnie Mae website*

AppraiserLoft will send a check for completed orders on a rolling 30 day pay period. What this means is that you can expect AppraiserLoft to process and cut a check for each order completed 30 days after it's completion. Example: If you  complete a report on December 15, 2022 you can expect to receive an email alerting you that your check has been processed and mailed on January 15, 2008.