Realtech Properties provides honest and ethical appraisals for Douglas County

For honest and ethical appraisals, count on Realtech Properties

Appraising is generally a long term career. The rigors of becoming a licensed appraiser have become more difficult than ever before. That's why it goes without question in this day and age that real estate appraisal can certainly be considered a profession as opposed to a trade. As with any profession we are bound by an ethical code.

The appraiser's main obligation is to their client. More often than not, for a regular residential appraisal, the lender (or an agent of the lender) places the order to the appraiser, becoming the appraiser's client. Subsequently, appraisers are typically limited to only disclosing their findings to their clients, so as a homeowner, if you would like to obtain a copy of the appraisal document, you normally should get it through your lender instead of the appraiser.

Other obligations include accurate sums appropriate to the scope of the report, reaching and maintaining an adequate level of competency and education, and the appraiser must conduct him or herself as a professional. Here at Realtech Properties, we take these ethical responsibilities very to heart.

Appraisers may also have fiduciary obligations to third parties, including homeowners, both buyers and sellers, or others. Normally the third parties are specifically defined in the appraisal report. An appraiser's fiduciary duty is limited to those parties who the appraiser knows, based on the scope of work or other written parameters of the job.


	Realtech Properties has an established reputation for providing appraisals with the highest of ethics. To learn more, contact us.

Appraisers also have standards outside of boundaries of with whom we share information For example, appraisers must be able to produce their work files for at least five years - something else Realtech Properties diligently adheres to.

We only perform to the highest ethical standards possible. Doing assignments where our fee is dependent on our value conclusion is never an option. That is, we can't agree to do an appraisal report and base our pay upon coming up with a particular value conclusion. There's certainly a conflict of interest if an appraiser can report a larger value and then get paid more money! We just don't do it.

Finally, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice also describes unethical behavior as the acceptance of an assignment that is contingent on "the reporting of a pre-determined result (e.g., opinion of value)", "a direction in assignment results that favors the cause of the client", or "the amount of a value opinion" in addition to other situations We follow these rules to the letter which means you can be at ease knowing we are working hard to objectively determine the home or property value.

With Realtech Properties, you won't have any doubts that you're getting 100 percent ethical, professional service.