What is Appraisers Gone Wild?
That is a really good question. One day picking up a key to inspect a property at a real estate office, the real estate girls were spouting off about something, and I said something to the effect of, "what are they worried about, appraisers gone wild!?" Everybody laughed. I thought, hum, that is kind of catchy, I think I'll use that.
That was like 2 years ago, when things were starting to go downhill. Everybody in the residential appraiser world knows where we are now. My business is off over 50% from where it was in the good times of the mid 2000's. Naturally, when the good times were rolling, I was spending and buying at full capacity, like a good American. Well, the income dropped like a rock, but those expenses have stayed the same. You know what I mean...not a good position to be in.
So, while I gripe and moan about the state of the appraisal profession, I have, for the the last 16 months or so, been a part of an online community that teaches you, step by step, how to take control of your life and your income by creating online streams of income.
It is not a get rich quick type of thing. It is something that you have to work at. But, as appraisers, we have a talent for painting beautiful and clear pictures with our words (at least some of us have that talent). And, conveniently, that is the key to creating online income. The ability to paint a picture and convince potential customers to click on your link or buy Product A from you.
So, this post is a blatant attempt at that. The community I've been a part of is Wealthy Affiliate and it is a world class community of learners and doers who are making the changes in their business life that they need. Whether it is just creating a bit of extra income each month, or like myself, trying to create a whole new business life, there are resources and forums and levels of education for everybody. I can't recommend it enough.
There, how's that? See, many months ago I wouldn't have known how to put that link in this post. I wouldn't have known how to monetize a blog. I wouldn't have considered that I could control my life through creating many different streams of online income. It's pretty cool.
But, yeah, I'm still appraising. Still an appraiser going wild. Underwriters still are really a bothersome thing. Don't they understand if there were 3 closed sales in the last 3 months within 1 mile of the subject, they would already be in the report. AAAAHHHHH!
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