Personally, I’m frustrated and pissed off with the appraisal profession.  I’ve hated it for years, but now we’ve all kind of rolled over and let big brother give it to us.  Sorry for the kind of graphic reference, but that’s the way I feel.  And I’m not passing blame, I’ve been just as guilty as everybody else.

Regardless of fault, I’ve found a new career for the talented appraisers out there in internets (that’s intentional!) world.  It brings out all the best qualities of an appraiser…the analytical side, the creative side, and  by gawd the capitalist side.

What is that new career for an appraiser you ask?  The broad answer is web entrepreneur.  The more specific answer, and the quickest way to replace your appraisal income, is by learning the ways of the affiliate marketer.  What is an affiliate marketer?  Well, in the internet world it is someone who promotes a product on the internet, whether through email, a website, or even, like I’m doing right now, on a blog, and gets folks to click on their links, like this one right

here

Go ahead, click it and check it out.  I’ll keep venting about the idiots in the appraisal world, and the way out for you and yours.

I saw a quote today that really kind of, well, hit me.  It was from a link from a comment on this site….

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.  Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.  Begin it now. – Goethe

That is damn straight.  If  you think you can, by gawd, do it, because your right!