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27 August 2011 | 13 replies
The key is you being able to influence the appraiser and have him come in at the lower end of the scale.
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30 December 2013 | 3 replies
Perhaps cost of funds (interest paid on loan or to an investor, which could be you) influences that.
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31 July 2010 | 8 replies
This is a third party influence for you, people know or should relize that if others who are knowledgable in RE are working with you, that's a credit to you.
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29 June 2013 | 28 replies
:D (Isn't there some system in place that takes influence points away?)
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22 May 2018 | 13 replies
You are trying to influence an outcome (get an appointment to view/value the home) not just make conversation.
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27 October 2016 | 14 replies
Or were there other benchmarks - knowledge, experience, network of REI, etc - that influenced your decision and timeline?
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28 July 2016 | 3 replies
Chris,There are a ton of factors that could influence it differently but, for insurance, I'd say your looking at .75c-$1.10 per 100 of insured value....
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4 October 2016 | 5 replies
Looks like appraisals are influenced by the sale price of subject property.
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17 November 2015 | 7 replies
I am a lowly school teacher (ha) and my debt/income may be influencing lenders.
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27 April 2016 | 18 replies
That has a huge influence on what areas are hot or not...