Our top Appraiser Tech Tips

Over the past two years, we've recorded and published over 100 Tech Tip videos — about one a week. Here are the tips appraisers have watched the most, remember the most, and found the most helpful.

The tip with the most number of views: "Using our new 1004MC template"

This one showcases our new 1004MC template as well as how to use it with TOTAL's forms-integrated worksheets. You download your market data from your MLS, then simply copy/paste that data from Excel (or OpenOffice) directly into TOTAL's Worksheet PowerView. We've done all the hard work for you by building the spreadsheet with the built-in formulas, so it's no wonder that this tip has more views than any other. Click here to watch the tip, and click here to get the newest version of the spreadsheet, as well as step-by-step instructions.

The tip that appraisers tell us they have found the most helpful: "Multi-field QuickLists"

This tip covers how to use multi-field QuickLists to build a "neighborhood database." Most appraisers expect their software to be able to re-use data they've typed into previous reports, but many are pleasantly surprised to learn that with TOTAL you can even choose to save sets of fields as a single common response QuickList. Click here to watch.

The tip appraisers bring up the most often: "Using multiple monitors with TOTAL"

This was the first "at my desk" tip we did almost a year ago, and I demonstrate how TOTAL is built specifically to take advantage of a multiple-monitor setup. If you haven't introduced a second (or even a third!) monitor into your computer setup, you're missing out on one of the biggest — and easiest — productivity boosters available. Click here to watch how to use TOTAL in a modern appraiser's workflow.

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