Before any property is purchased or sold, it's important that it undergoes a thorough appraisal. The importance of an appraisal truly cannot be underestimated because you should know the actual value of the property you're buying or selling, lest you operate at a loss. Keith Baker discusses the importance of an appraisal in the lending process. In doing so, he outlines the three types of appraisal approaches and gives you nine questions to ask when selecting an appraiser to join your team of professionals. Get familiar with the process of appraisal today!

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Appraisals, Part 1: The Strength Of A Good Appraisal

Plus 9 Questions You Should Ask Before Hiring An Appraiser On Your Team

This show is the only one of its kind. It’s created and dedicated to teaching everyday people, like you and me, how to prosper with the most passive form of real estate investing known to humankind, private lending, while also giving tips and ideas that can help keep your money safe. It's this simple. If you're looking for practical tips and advice on being a successful private lender, then you're in the right place. If you want to learn from my mistakes so that you can avoid them and prosper much quicker, then pull up a chair and take notes because this show is made for you. It is late April in the year 2020 and the global death toll from COVID-19 has crossed more than 200,000 lives lost. I hope you stay safe and sane. No matter how crazy things get, it's up to us to choose to stay positive and to create our future, whatever that will come to look like. Let's keep our eyes on the prize. Our present is uncertain, but the future is up to us to create.

Our topic is appraisals and the nine questions you need to ask your any potential appraiser if you're going to add them to your team. Remember as the lender, you choose the appraiser, but the borrower pays their fee so it doesn't cost you any money. I will roughly go over the three types of appraisals, the different approaches, which one we'll use for single-family. The two that I use myself, but the one that is the single-family standard. We'll get into some questions. This is part one. On part two, I'll go over the actual form from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae that you most likely had when you bought your house, even if you're not an investor. I have a question for all the real estate investors out there and homeowners. Have you ever had a purchase or a deal killed because the appraisal came back too low and the bank wouldn't fund the loan? It happens all the time, especially in volatile markets. It is frustrating, to say the least.

I have a friend who is selling his personal residence. It's not a real estate deal, but it's a normal retail sale. It was killed because the appraisal came back lower than what the bank was comfortable with. That's where I want to get to this. Banks aren't in the business of evaluating the value of proper...