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Podcast: Tim Andersen, The Appraiser's Advocate Podcast
Episode: A Thick Workfile
Description: “What’s in your workfile?” An even better questions might be, “What’s is not there“. A follow-up question to each is “WHY?” Scrutiny of what we do now comes from clients, from state appraisal boards, from GSEs, and from HUD. We appraisers will soon see scrutiny from the Department of Justice, too! So, what’s an appraiser to do? An appraiser’s best defense against a complaint or a lawsuit is a thick workfile. Remember those two words: THICK WORKFILE. So, “What’s makes a workfile thick?”, you ask. There is no cut-and-dried answer to that question. Each appraisal assignment is different, and wil...