Realist Appraisal Services provides honest and ethical appraisals for Genesee County

For honest and ethical appraisals, trust Realist Appraisal Services

We consider our business as a profession. Requirements to become a licensed appraiser have become more difficult than ever before. So it goes without question these days that real estate appraisal can unquestionably be considered a profession as opposed to a trade. As with any profession we must follow strict ethical considerations.

We have a lot of obligations as appraisers, but our chief duty is to our clients. Normally, in residential practice, the lender (or an agent of the lender) places the order to the appraiser, becoming the appraiser's client. Certain elements pertaining to an assignment are to be discussed exclusively with the appraiser's client. So, as a homeowner, if you would like to obtain a copy of the appraisal document, you normally have to obtain it via your lender instead of the appraiser.

Other responsibilities include accurate figures appropriate to the scope of the assignment, attaining and maintaining a respectable level of competency and education, and the appraiser must conduct him or herself as a professional. Maintaining high ethics and client confidentiality is what we do every day at Realist Appraisal Services.

In some cases appraisers will have fiduciary responsibilities to third parties, such as homeowners, both buyers and sellers, or others. Generally the third parties are explicitly defined in the appraisal report. An appraiser's fiduciary duty is only to those parties who the appraiser is aware of, based on the scope of work or other things in the framework of the order.


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There are also ethical duties that have nothing to do with whom we share information. For example, appraisers must be able to produce their work files for at least five years - at Realist Appraisal Services you can rest assured that we abide by that rule.

We meet or exceed the industry standards and guidelines set in place for ethics. We can't accept anything less from ourselves. Accepting orders where our fee is dependent on our value conclusion is never an option. In other words, we are not able to agree to do an appraisal report and collect payment on the contingency of the loan closing. There's a definite conflict of interest if an appraiser can report an unsubstantiated value with the reward of getting paid more money! This isn't how we operate.

Finally, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice explicitly describes unethical behavior as accepting of an assignment that is contingent on "the reporting of a pre-determined result (e.g., opinion of value)", "a direction in assignment results that favors the cause of the client", or "the amount of a value opinion" as well as other situations. We diligently follow these rules to the letter which means you can rest easy knowing we are doing everything we can to get you an accurate home or property value.

With Realist Appraisal Services, you won't have any doubts that you're receiving 100 percent ethical, honest service.