by admin | Nov 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Let’s be honest with each other. Most of us skip the cost approach whenever the scope of work lets us. We don’t skip it because it lacks merit. We skip it because it takes hours, and because the one piece that makes it credible for anything short of a...
by admin | Nov 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Let’s be honest about what clients pay appraisers for today. It is not our analysis. It is our license and our willingness to carry the liability. As those two barriers erode, our fees will keep falling, and no amount of tradition will stop it. In my last...
by admin | Nov 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every major technology shift becomes a race to build moats. Whoever digs first, and deepest, decides who gets to cross. Right now, two moats are being dug around commercial real estate valuation. One is ours: a deterministic, appraiser-controlled operating system,...
by admin | Nov 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every major technology shift becomes a race to build moats. Whoever digs first, and deepest, decides who gets to cross. Right now, two moats are being dug around commercial real estate valuation. One is ours: a deterministic, appraiser-controlled operating system,...
by admin | Nov 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Cap rate packing is what appraisers do when they lack the tools to measure a lease. There is a better way, and it is now faster than the shortcut. A recent article from a respected national appraisal firm walks through the triple-net proforma. Much of it is sound...
by admin | Nov 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
When I received my MAI designation decades ago, an older MAI presenting at the ceremony looked out at our group and told us we had “only scratched the surface” of the body of knowledge we were embarking on. At the time I had more than ten years in...
