Description
Specialize in valuing real property by inspecting assets, analyzing market and income data, and producing credible opinions of market value. Provide appraisal expertise to clients, ensure compliance with USPAP and applicable regulations, and support reviews and dispute resolution.
- • Coordinate and quality-review third-party appraisal reports for completeness and compliance.
- • Analyze trends in sales prices, construction costs, vacancies, and rents to inform valuations.
- • Ensure compliance with USPAP and applicable client, insurer, or regulatory standards.
- • Utilize appraisal software, GIS, and statistical tools to improve accuracy and efficiency.
- • Compute final opinions of value, considering depreciation, replacement cost, comparable sales, and income potential.
- • Prepare USPAP-compliant appraisal reports that document methods, analyses, and conclusions.
- • Inspect new construction and major improvements to determine their impact on value.
- • Collect and analyze market data to identify trends affecting subject and comparable properties.
- • Maintain complete workfiles with maps, property characteristics, photos, and relevant encumbrances.
- • Explain valuation conclusions to clients and address appraisal reviews or disputes.
- • Verify ownership, transaction details, and sales prices for subject and comparable properties.
- • Inspect properties and sites, evaluating location, condition, and replacement costs.
- • Maintain appraisal databases and templates to ensure consistency and auditability.
- • Review property transfer records and public documents for accuracy, making corrections as needed.
- • Assess how property taxes and assessments may influence value when applicable.
- • Monitor subject properties for changes due to construction, renovation, or demolition.
- • Standardize appraisal methodologies and reporting formats across assignments.
- • Analyze income and operating statements for income-producing properties.
- • Evaluate land, neighborhoods, and market trends that could influence future values.
- • Stay current with local real estate markets and regulatory requirements.
- • Search public records, MLS, and databases for sales, leases, permits, and assessments.
- • Check building codes, permits, and zoning to determine impacts on highest and best use.
- • Verify legal descriptions and parcel boundaries against county and title records.
- • Interview owners, brokers, contractors, and property managers to obtain pertinent information.
- • Photograph interiors, exteriors, and sites to substantiate findings and support reports.
- • Gather county land values and comparable sales to aid in establishing value.
- • Evaluate proximity to services, schools, transportation, and amenities for market impact.
- • Estimate replacement and reproduction costs using cost manuals and professional estimators.
- • Create site sketches or land diagrams to illustrate measurements and support conclusions.
- • Provide expert testimony or support litigation as to real property value when required.
- • Support lending, acquisition, or disposition decisions with timely valuations and analyses.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
