How to Measure a Home’s Square Footage
How to measure a home’s square footage How do you measure a house? You would think that would be a…
The “Currency” of Real Estate – Square Footage
The Currency of Real Estate Size or square footage is, and always has been, one of the most…
MLS – Pure Power
MLS – The Power to Change The World! No matter who provides it, No matter where they get it, No…
Where Did All the Good Appraisers Go?
Where Did All the Good Appraisers Go? Thus far the housing industry has been applying “Band-Aid”…
Plans and New Construction
Buyer’s Beware – Builder’s Square Footage Real estate is and always will be a people business….
Reporting Square Footage to MLS Better Info in – Better Appraisals Out
Creating and Reporting Accurate Square Footage Data The Home Valuation Process Residential Square…
Fixing the WRONG Industry!!!
Fixing the wrong industry!!! Appraisal Reform? Why do we really have so much attention focused on…
The Appraisal “Power Line”
The Appraisal “Power Line” No matter where I go or who I ask, this simple question always seems to…
Top 10 – Measurement Basics
Top 10 measurement basics Measurement Basics – Top Ten List The following list represents the most…
Is MLS Crippling the Appraisal Industry?
Is MLS Crippling the Real Estate Industry? MLS Myths, Measurements and Mistakes MLS is crippling…
New Square Footage MLS and Appraisal Reporting Form
New Square Footage Reporting Form for Agents & Appraisers Residential Square Footage Reporting…
Genie Back in the Bottle?
Genie Back in the Bottle The Appraisal Industry Is it already too late to put the “genie” back in…
Two Measurement Standards – Keeping an Industry Apart
Two measurements standards keeping an industry apart The real estate industry has one monumental…
Ohio Sample Tax Errors – Anywhere USA
Tax Errors – Ohio Examples Ohio is like most other states and square footage mistakes in public…
Here Comes the Judge
Here Comes the Judge! Three Court Cases Involving Square Footage Agents & Appraisers A Texas Court…
Square Footage – Out of Control
Square Footage – Out of Control Who’s Measuring America? Price-Per-Square-What? Who Knows… Three…
HGTV® Front Door – Price-Per-Square-Foot
HGTV® & Price-Per-Square-Foot Front Door® Home Selling Checklist Does Square Footage Matter? See…
Understanding the ANSI<sup>®</sup> five-foot sloped ceiling rule
Understanding the ANSI five-foot ceiling height rule for measuring rooms with sloped ceilings….
The Way of the Future in MLS – Floor Plans
The Future of MLS While every real estate professional hopes to never have any questions or…
What Makes a Good “Comp?”
What Makes a Good “COMP?” That’s right, twins. A Good Comp is a twin house to the subject…
Garages and Square Footage
Garages and GLA Garages, like houses, come in all sizes and shapes. They are another part of a…
The Perfect Example – Square Footage Changes Home Value
MLS Square Footage Error – The Perfect Example
Public Records, Square Footage, & the Real Estate Information Crisis
Discover how the square footage details reported in Public Records all across the country are changi…
ANSI®, Home Measurement, & the Power of Price-Per-Square-Foot Realtor® Edition – Online Course(2018)
Residential square footage based on the ANSI® guideline. Designed specifically for the professional…
ANSI®, Home Measurement, & the Power of Price-Per-Square-Foot
In-depth course about measuring homes based on the ANSI® Guideline. This class contains over 350 sl…
The 1 – 2 Punch – Ending the AMC Nightmare and Starting the Path to Realtor® Education
We hear all about low appraisals, but we never seem to hear about homes that are flat-out over price…
Consumer Protection is Lost in the Rush to Commissions
We hear all about low appraisals, but we never seem to hear about homes that are flat-out over price…
The Missing “Standard”
Every week I talk to appraisers in different parts of the country and the conversations are almost a…
Are You a Hybrid Appraiser?
That’s the million dollar question. Big banking is counting on the majority of appraisers to fall …
Tax Values Just as Accurate as AVMs?
The battles rage on to decide who will take over the automated valuation process. There are big comp…
I Choose Not To Be Part Of the Big Data Valuation Revolution
The big data and automated valuation explosion will ultimately destroy the real estate industry and …
Have You Got the Integrity to be an Appraiser?
Appraising real estate is a tough job, even under the best of circumstances. There are too many occa…
Realtors® – No, I Won’t Work with this Appraiser
The lender gets a call. Agent tells them that appraiser “X” just called to set up an appointment…
The Automated Revolution
The appraisers we need to keep consumers protected are the very ones being driven out of the…
The RPR® Epidemic
Realtor Property Resource® is a private automated system just for Realtor® members. They are…
Real, Real Estate Reform Needed
All this talk about “Big Data” and “Standardization” makes me want to scream! Enough is enough….
Rising Markets – Proof or Not?
Let’s talk about “Rising Markets.” We hear this term more and more often and many Realtors are…
Zestimate Gone Wrong
Once again the Zestimate has a home-owner up in arms. In a small town in North Carolina a home…
Why Does Square Footage Matter to Me?
Many agents have asked; “Does this square footage stuff really matter to me? Isn’t it more of an…
The CU, Realtors & the Future of MLS
For 10 years I have been screaming about sqft problems within MLS and tax records. The problems…