Buzz Interview with Larry Disney
Monday, August 25, 2008
Larry Disney is the Executive Director of the Kentucky Real Estate Appraisers Board, licensed Kentucky Real Estate Sales Broker, Kentucky Certified General Real Property Appraiser, SRA designated member of the Appraisal Institute, 2005-2006 President of the Association of Appraiser Regulatory Officials (AARO), and is certified by the Appraiser Qualifications Board of The Appraisal Foundation as an instructor of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).
Disclaimer - I preface the following comments and information with the fact that I am a past President of the Association of Appraiser Regulatory Officials, and I am currently the Executive Director of the Kentucky Real Estate Appraisers Board. The remarks and information given for this interview represent my personal opinions and views. They are not intended to, nor are they implied to, represent the views of the jurisdictions, the leadership or the individuals affiliated with the Association of Appraiser Regulatory Officials, the Kentucky Real Estate Appraisers Board, any agency, official or employee of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
BUZZ: Larry, Tell us who AARO is and what they do.
LARRY: The acronym for the Association of Appraiser Regulatory Officials is AARO. The mission of AARO is to improve the administration and enforcement of real estate appraisal laws in member jurisdictions. That mission is accomplished by communication, research, education, and cooperation with other organizations whose objective is similar in nature to the objectives and purposes of AARO.
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RICS Americas Hires Appraisal Industry Leader John Ross as Senior Advisor on Membership and Training Development
- Former CEO of the Appraisal Institute, Ross Brings Years of Real Estate and Appraisal Expertise to RICS Americas -
Thursday, August 21, 2008
New York, August 18, 2008 - Matt Bruck, RICS Americas' managing director, announced today that valuation industry executive and former Appraisal Institute CEO John W. Ross has joined the RICS Americas team as senior advisor. Ross will work with RICS Americas to expand membership in diverse real estate industry segments, develop research programs and implement training programs for real estate professionals affiliated with RICS Americas member firms.
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Interview with Barry Bates, publisher of Daily I.V.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Barry Bates is a superannuated CG appraiser with more than 36 years in the valuation corner of the mortgage industry. Poor guy. He knows in a very real sense that the Latin root of the word mortgage is death pledge. He started stringing a tape in 1972 for a San Francisco thrift, managed a bank branch, worked as project manager for a couple of subdivision and apartment builders, served consecutive indeterminate sentences as Chief Appraiser for Commerce Security Bank, Wells Fargo REIG, The Money Store and Ameriquest, then moved to the secondary market with Countrywide Securities and Morgan Stanley. His wife is fed up with being dragged all over the country, and his 3 dogs growl at him in the hallway. He now is a principal in InsideValuation Partners LLC, which provides commercial/residential BPOs (with built-in review) on a national basis via the Web.
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Valuation Therapy
Thursday, August 14, 2008
To be an appraiser these days is about as meaningful as being a price checker at the Dollar Store. Lie prostrate on a leather sofa and repeat after me three times… “I am mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore”. Next step, borrow a few dollars from your kids piggybank and run down to Block Buster and rent “Network”.
My friends refuse to hang out with me anymore. I am Miss Doom and Gloom. It isn’t the current state of the economy that disturbs me, albeit abysmal, it’s our seeming inability to find a course of action. Inertia is a terrible thing. (Just ask my Aunt Myrtle but that’s a story for another day.) It’s always difficult to analyze a problem when you are in the midst of it but paralysis is not a solution.
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Zaio Names Douglas Vincent Chief Executive Officer; Appoints James Kirchmeyer President
Monday, August 11, 2008
According to recent press releases, Zaio Corporation has announced the appointment of Douglas Vincent as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors. The company has also announced the appointment of James Kirchmeyer as President and member of the Board of Directors.
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