The Digital Workfile contained within each WinTOTAL report is used to store all the important pieces of the work you do during an assignment, from field notes and research to unused comps and photos. In addition, as we showed you in an earlier tech tip, WinTOTAL also stores – automatically – an as-is copy your […]
When deciding which comps to use in a report, or even which comps to put first, it’s often helpful to see them on a map. That way you can visualize where each property is relative to the subject, each other, and where they are in the neighborhood.
We've had such a great response to our tips on the WinTOTAL and TOTAL's Side-by-Side Comps view that we've combined the best tips of the series into one, and added a few new items as well.
One of the main benefits of having an actual side-by-side comps view in your software is how easily you can move, compare, and manipulate your grid data as you fill out the report.
When appraisers switch to WinTOTAL from other formfilling software, they’re quite often taken aback at how easy it is to automatically adjust for UAD bath counts on-the-fly, since it’s something that most other formfillers don't do. In WinTOTAL’s Comps Side-by-Side, enable the Detailed View. This feature, exclusive to WinTOTAL, expands the grid out so that […]
How do your appraisal assignments arrive? Some come through fax, but most come through e-mail, right? So why print them out just to spend your time and resources to archive your orders in a manila folder in a big steel file cabinet?
Does your client require you to log into their website to deliver your UAD reports? How many minutes do you spend manually saving out your XMLs and then manually logging into their site to upload them?
Many appraisers start their reports with more comps than they need, and as they fill out the grid they pare down the list until the most appropriate comps are left. But what do you do with comps that don’t quite make the cut? Does your software delete them forever?
How many times have you been working on a Drive-by appraisal and the client calls you back and changes it to a full 1004 appraisal? If you’re not using WinTOTAL or TOTAL, you might have to start a whole other report just to get the new form, or you could end up with two major […]
Are your reports snowed under with sticky notes? Some of you write notes to yourselves; others give feedback to trainee appraisers. In addition to being messy, you run the risk of losing these notes, which can often be a violation of USPAP.
