Because all of my "long" keywords are disapproved for being too low search volume.

The guidelines are in place to protect themselves from potential losses becuase they are buying so much volume and at least part of it is not necessarily at market.

@Jing Johnson  for quality work those prices are in line... unless you do volume

We don't get much volume in Iowa but it can be a difficult state to cover so there may be opportunities for you to find inspection work.

. , we don't have much volume.

Use one that has flexible pricing options based on your volume, no pricy long-term contracts, and excellent customer service.

I believe volume is key.  

Actuals are more valuable and consistent with volume from multiple properties but still relevant obviously come tax time.That's why people dismiss, or at least should, dismiss prop forma numbers provided by commercial brokers and insist on seeing last 3 years actuals as well.  

Your market may be robust but, because there is low trading volume in my area and we are now at the higher end of rents within that area, there is no way we would have gotten the appraisal back where we needed.Despite not being able to refinance into a conventional loan, we were however able to take advantage of the FHA streamline program that will cut out PMI almost in half and lock us in at an even more attractive interest rate. 

Robert, To clarify, we were both wrong.Median House prices were $525,000 for 2Q 2008, down 1.9% from year ago.Median price for 1-3 family homes were $594,000 in the 2Q.http://ny.therealdeal.com/articles/brooklyn-sales-volume-sees-sharp-drop