"I have always felt that the appraiser was tolerated as a nessasary evil in the lending process and definately at the bottom of the food chain when it comes to fees. Now if an appraiser does mortgage lending work he has to share the fee with an AMC. In 1989 my typical appraisal fee was $325 and I regularly competed two appraisals per day. Today if I work a long day I can see two properties and write one. That may be a statement about my old age as much as anything but I want to believe that its because..."
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