How to include unused comps in your 2013 expense report
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What your peers are saying about switching, marketing, and paperless appraising
More and more appraisers are switching to TOTAL right now. And even long time customers are trying out tools like XSites and XSellerate now that the refis have dropped off. Every day, we get enthusiastic e-mails from appraisers with their stories. Since comments from your peers are more relevant than any brochure or e-mail we […]
GSEs new Appraiser Quality Monitoring (AQM) process
Many of you have probably read about Fannie Mae’s plans to deploy a new Appraisal Quality Monitoring (AQM) process on January 6th, 2014. If not, we recommend that you read the details here.
Instantly calculate comp percentages
Import comps from previous reports
Get a comp map while in the grid
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.
Comps Side-by-Side overview
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.
Hide and rearrange your comps
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.
Automatic UAD bathroom adjustments on-the-fly
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 […]
Save unused comps into the Workfile
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?