G5, a real estate SaaS company, recently expanded its multifamily leadership team, welcoming two new executives to the company, including Karen Blue and Kathie Cook. According to the company, Blue has been appointed to the position of vice president of national accounts and Cook has assumed the position of key account executive.
Read More »6 Tips for Appraising New Construction Homes
New construction is treated a little differently by lenders, FHA, and the GSEs. As you appraise these properties, you must take into consideration certain features and attributes that don’t necessarily apply to re-sales. It requires more work, so you want to be sure that you are charging for your effort. However, perhaps more than that, you want to be sure …
Read More »Appraisal-speak: New Assignment
A fellow appraiser recently reached out to me and we had an opportunity to have an appraiser-to-appraiser email exchange. The issue related to a client’s request for a 1004D form: I received a request from a lender client to complete the 1004D Update Appraisal. I did the original appraisal four months ago. I referred my client to the 2018-2019 USPAP …
Read More »T3 Sixty names former NAR CTO Mark Lesswing senior vice president
Two real estate veterans are joining T3 Sixty in senior-level appointments, the company announced last week. T3 Sixty, a management consultancy firm in the residential real estate brokerage industry, has named a new senior vice president – Mark Lesswing, former chief technology for the National Association of Realtors.
Read More »Nick Bailey returns to RE/MAX as chief customer officer
Real estate industry vet Nick Bailey will be returning to RE/MAX as the chief customer officer, a newly created position. Before coming back to RE/MAX, Bailey was the president and CEO of Century 21 Real Estate. Bailey stepped down from that position earlier this year.
Read More »WEST appoints Darcy Patch as VP of marketing, lender services
Darcy Patch has over 20 years of experience in the industry, serving prior as the vice president of marketing for Veros Real Estate Solutions and vice president of marketing strategy and industry relations for RealtyTrac (now ATTOM Data Solutions).
Read More »Title Resources promotes Lynn Stillman to senior vice president
Title Resources, a member of the Title Resource Group and Realogy Holdings Corp., recently announced the promotion of Lynn Stillman to senior vice president, regional manager. In this new role, Stillman aims to grow the company’s number of title agents in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma.
Read More »Facebook Can Help You Succeed as an Appraiser
Yes, you read that title correctly. While Facebook can certainly be a waste of time, it can also help your appraisal business be more successful. There was a point in … Read More
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