The Appraisal Files

My Christmas party this year is going to be quite an event. I am hosting a group of customers, workers and friend to an evening with Dickens.

Our group of 34 will arrive at Actors Theator two hours before the play for dinner at the theator cafe. Then after dinner the group has tickets to "A Christmas Carol". I have one event each year sometimes it is on the 4th of July, that I get a group of people that I work with together just for fun. Business is never discussed at these outings, this is a time for family, out of the office interest, and just hanging out with some really cool people.

Dann

I have a trainee that is doing excellent work. She has been with another appraiser for two years and never got enough work to qualify for her license. She had learned some bad habits but was eager to learn and quickly got up to speed. She has lighten my work load. It is a joy to work with a young person willing to learn and has the  ambition to work two jobs until she can learn the business and be a full time appraiser. I pay her 50% of the fee for work she does for my clients and 75% of the fee if she brings new clients to our business. I wonder is this is what is common in the business?

Dann

I inspected a home this week that had 1/2 pieces of plywood used as gates to prevent the children from getting into certen rooms of the home. One bedroom had a exterior dead bolt lock on the door and I was told that the key was missing. I said that I did need to see the whole interior but if i could not I would just note it in the report. I got out of the home as soon as possible. I don't think I want to know what was behind the locked door.

Dann