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Real Estate Appraiser - Richard L. Sanderson Consulting - AAS #239
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Finally - Clarification on Why Assessments Are Only Assessed Values As a regular contributor to several real estate community forums and question and answer sites, I've come to the conclusion that local assessors need to make a renewed effort to inform the public of how real estate assessments a...
07/21/2010
Volunteer Vacation Anyone? I'm a pushover for a good adventure travel story.  The vivid descriptions of landscapes, nature, and the variety of people and circumstances you can encounter never fail to interest me.  As a dedicated bookworm, my latest read is "The 100 Best Volunteer Vacations to En...
07/18/2010
What Can You Learn From the Top 5 Real Estate Agents or Agencies? As part of my work as a property tax assessor I think of other assessment offices as my competition.  I monitor assessment offices throughout the country and don't limit my competition to offices that are of the same size.  I'm co...
07/16/2010
The Uniqueness of Real Estate Dictonary.com defines "capricious" as 1. subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic. 2. Obsolete, fanciful or witty. One of the reasons I like working as a real estate valuation specialist is the fact that all real estate is unique.  I've estimate...
07/14/2010
Internet Resources for Real Estate Professionals As real estate professionals you are called upon to determine acreages, review legal descriptions, and have a general understanding of property valuation.  Here are some sources that appraisers and assessors use that may help real estate professio...
07/12/2010
As professional property assessors we are continually searching for effective public relations techniques.  Having good public relations ideas available are important at any time, but in the current economy and realities that exist in most real estate markets today, they are essential. To help a...
07/08/2010
"Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change."  Tom Peters One of the qualities that I admire most about real estate professionals is that they are constantly working to improve their skills.  Almost everyone that I know in the real estate profe...
07/01/2010
A Resource Guide for Property Assessors and Property Tax Agents and Managers Working in Virginia The majority of the legislation passed by the Virginia General Assembly during its 2010 becomes effective July 1, 2010.  Modern property assessment practices require that assessors keep up to date wi...
06/30/2010
Mom always said to play by the rules.  Well, like most things your mom told you, she was right. According to several recent news accounts, many involved in the fishing and tourist industries that want to claim a share of the $20 billion fund that BP is required to establish to clean-up the Deep ...
06/30/2010
Guidance in Presenting a Property Tax Appeal Case So you've filed an appeal of your property assessment.  In my experience about 35 to 55 percent of people who challenge their property assessments are successful.  They may not get the entire reduction that they hope for, but they get some reduct...
06/28/2010
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