I don’t think I deserve that high of an appraisal based on the work done, but if the bank was willing to give it to me I wouldn’t say no to cheap money hahaSpeaking of that, HELOCs are nice as they have an extremely low cost of capital - closing costs are only a couple hundred dollars and appraisal is the most costly part if you even need one (some lenders will offer desktop appraisals, or use a refi appraisal).

I've tried many times and cannot use it. It holds a fraction of the information on the screen at a time as the old forum format. If I check into the forum from my phone the page formatting makes sense, but that's what...

I've tried chatting with a few appraisers on the phone just pick their brains and understand what they're looking for, but it really on makes things worse as there doesn't seem to be any kind of true uniformity in appraising as it ultimately relies on the opinions of humans and desktop appraisal only rely on data and not what can be seen by the human eye.

I grew up in Cupertino CA when it still had dirt roads and no one new what a desk top computer was let alone apple was something you ate and we grew a lot of Apricots there in Cupertino.

Hello Sylwia,Based on personal experience, I've found Zelle to be a secure platform that's been reliable and offers transaction recording that's easy to navigate; mobile and desktop respectively.

The benefit of a HML that can give you a POF is that they can desktop underwrite the property without an appraisal.4.

Especially during covid, a lot of desktop appraisals were used to make decisions.

(biggerpockets.com)At Freddie, they require photos for desktop appraisals  Desktop Appraisal Assignments – A Practical Guide for Appraisers - Freddie Mac Single-FamilyBy the way, what is GFC?

I've been looking at properties in Upstate New York, near the Niagara region and I've wanted to order some desktop BPOs after speaking with the sellers just to see if we can establish a fair initial offer.

If you need to do a desktop appraisal there is a lower cost than ordering a full-on appraisal.