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Appraisal Tips for Loan Officers and Processors

How to Find Appraisers in Rural Areas Quickly!

Finding an appraiser in Denver or Dallas is a fairly simple task. However, finding one in Wamsutter Wyoming, is a nightmare to those who haven’t done it before. The first thing you need to know is what resources are available to assist you in finding an appraiser in Wyoming, where often there are only a few hundred people in the whole area, in which you may be looking for an appraiser. If you were to go to many of the appraiser websites you might find one or two appraisers listed in the entire state of Wyoming, or maybe none at all. This is just one of many cases where your processor could spend hours looking at websites and make dozens of calls.

Simply typing in a domain name like WyomingAppraisers.org will actually take you directly to the Wyoming state page of ZipAppraisers.com which has a unique page for every Zip code, every city, and for every county in Wyoming. A user may simply enter a zip code, or a drop down will allow users to quickly select any city, or county in the state. There are actually AQB qualified (state licenced or certified) apprasers listed in almost every county in Wyoming on the ZipAppraisers website, and clicking on the “quickly find an appraiser” button can allow an appraiser to see how many of those appraisers are within 10, 20, or 50 miles of the city or Zip code originally selected, and it will show you the actual distance between the two. It will also show you how many appraisers are listed with full contact information in each Zipcode. In this case the closest appraiser, in fact the only appraiser in the area, is located in Rawlins, 40.8 miles from Wamsutter. This appraiser is probably the best contact to make to get that property appraised, or he can probably tell you who will if he won’t accept the appraisal order himself.

The ZipAppraisers website is actually free for lenders and appraisers at this time. The research to build the site has gone on for several years, surveying lenders, and doing other research to provide lenders with the easiest website on which to locate appraisers in any part of the country. Facts and features about ZipAppraiser.com are listed below.

ZipAppraisers.com The fastest way to an appraiser-by entering the Zip code

(Certified Appraisers by Zip code)

-allows users to select appraisers that are nearest the subject property

-has over 26,000 listings by Zip code throughout the country

-has over 18,000 listings by City throughout the country

-has over 2,800 listings by county throughout the country

-has clickable U.S. map, and has clickable county maps for all 50 states

-will show you which county any particular zipcode is in

-will show you which small towns and cities share particular zipcodes

-allows appraisers to list in smaller areas of their expertise, not just whole counties

-requires that only state licensed & certified appraisers list on the site

-appraisers listing must provide a current state license number

-provides links to other helpful sites like AppraisalFraud.com to assist reviewers and underwriters

Published by ZipAppraisers.com Certified Appraisers by Zip code