Sometimes you forget to sync your desktop report to your iPhone before you go into the field. Or, you might get a Mercury Network order while you’re on one inspection and want to start your field work on the new order right away. Either way, you have to start a new report on your mobile […]
Do you import and store your inspection photos separately from TOTAL? Some appraisers do this manually, creating individual folders for each day they took pictures. Some appraisers use software that comes with their camera, like Kodak’s EasyShare software, to do this for them.
Wouldn’t you rather type your comments directly onto the form, rather than into a pop-up window? Do you find yourself getting tired of copying and pasting from your addendum into the additional comments field on page 3?
In an earlier tip, we showed you how to manually sort your comps by dragging them into place. But how do you decide which comps go first? The closest in proximity, square footage, sale price, or adjustment percentage? And are you doing all the sorting yourself — manually?
Do you have a checklist you’ve created to help remind yourself of the important tasks for each appraisal? Use TOTAL’s Notes PowerView to access custom electronic To Do lists from within each report, and check each item off as you complete it. Then before you deliver the report, go back and make sure you’ve checked […]
Rearranging comps can be a laborious process, sometimes involving toolbar menus, buttons, and pop-up windows. Instead, use TOTAL 2013 to quickly rearrange your comps the way you want.
Utilizing multiple monitors with your computer is one of the biggest productivity-boosting decisions customers tell us they’ve made. In a standard setup, you can have an appraisal open on one screen, e-mail on another, and some MLS details on another. Moving windows between screens is as easy as drag-and-drop.
Every appraiser should keep a detailed log of miles driven for assignments, but many appraisers find it tedious, and it often falls by the wayside. And even with written logs, it’s difficult to get costs per report.
TOTAL 2013's new E&O PowerView puts the error-correction tools you need and trust in their own window, which is especially helpful for multiple-monitor setups.
Has it become more difficult to work with comps since UAD came out a couple of years ago? Have you wanted to make line-item adjustments for certain UAD fields, but the Fannie form doesn’t allow it?
