Ask An Appraiser · For Realtors

What your appraiser actually needs you to know

A recurring lunch series for real estate offices and associations. Julia teaches; nobody pitches. You leave knowing how to prepare a listing for appraisal, what the new report will show your clients, and how to handle a low value the right way.

Ask An Appraiser Realtor lunch session: title slide, format and the six session topics

Cost

No cost

Lunch provided.

Length

45–60 minutes

Plus open Q&A.

Format

Informal

Drop-in or seated, your choice.

Where

Your office

Or your association's.

Session topics

Pick one, or combine two

UAD 3.6 and the new report

What the redesigned URAR shows your clients, what changes at inspection, and what appraisers now need from you.

Preparing a listing for appraisal

The updates list, permits, access, and the information that keeps an appraisal from missing what the seller did.

Square footage and the ANSI standard

Why the appraisal number differs from the listing and tax records, and how to avoid the surprise.

Low appraisals and the ROV process

How a Reconsideration of Value works, what moves one and what wastes your client's one request.

FHA and USDA property requirements

The condition items that stop or delay government-backed loans, and how to spot them before listing.

Complex listings

Acreage, ADUs, conversions and mixed-condition homes: what makes them hard to appraise and how to set expectations.

Ground rules

Education only

Sessions never discuss a specific property's value, active assignments or fees for pending files. That keeps every session clear of appraiser independence concerns, and it keeps the room focused on what agents can use.

With your permission, short clips from a session may be used as Ask An Appraiser content. Attendees are never identified.

Request a session

Preferred dates up to three, first choice first