Appraiser from two hours away.

I had some things to say about a recent encounter with an appraiser who was sent out to my listing to place a value on it. The problem I had was that the appraiser was not local but from a suburb of Modesto, about two hours away. I was hot an bothered not only because he was non-local, but he also sent a trainee without accompanying him. Everyone hears about these non-local appraisers swooping in and killing the deal because they don't know the market. I was facing that scenario as well.

I promised to report back because some people wanted to see what would happen and follow the results.

The good thing is that the appraiser was smart enough to use the comps I handed him, so the appraisal value was exactly what I thought he should come out with; no drama there. Almost anti-climactic, because I almost wanted him to not use my comps, so I could challenge him and make a big deal of it. But that was it, no drama.