A great real estate appraiser?  What are the five signs?  Listen to this podcast!  Tim Andersen, The Appraiser’s Advocate, explains each of them.  The first sign is you understand highest and best use, a big one.  Then you understand reconciliation.  Who names the intended use and users comes into play here, too (spoiler alert:  you, the appraiser, do.  This is not the client’s call).  Then you’ve got the subject’s salient characteristics (as well as those of the comps!).  You’ve analyzed all of them, so you understand them, too.  Finally, of the signs you are a great real estate appraiser, there are the four characteristics of an appraiser.  All this information all in one place.  What more could you ask for?  Help with reaching your potential, you ask?  That’s why Tim’s here for you.  Contact him at [email protected].  Tim’s not here to help you with your appraisal business.  Other folks will do that.  He’s here to help you be a better appraiser.  You’ll be glad you contacted Tim and learned the five signs of a great real estate appraiser!