11/08/2022 I am sitting in the airport after having attended the Building Performance Association’s (BPA) upper mid-west conference in Bloomington, Minnesota waiting to fly home. It was a great conference and unlike anything I have ever attended before. The BPA is an association that, in their own words: “To advance a thriving industry delivering improvedContinue reading “Upper Midwest BPA Conference”
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Knowing Green Can Save You Green
Liability Headaches Real estate practice, both valuation and brokerage, are professions that are open season for law suits. Let’s face it, consumers can be very litigious in many situations. Reducing liability is something we should all try to do in our professional work. But outside of decreasing liability, what agents do, as well as appraisers,Continue reading “Knowing Green Can Save You Green”
The Six Elements of Green Part 2 The First Two Elements
Now that we have talked about how important communication is between agents and the consumers and the agents and the appraisers, let’s get into the meat and potatoes, as they say. As an appraiser, one must be able to understand and identify high performance home (HPH) features. As I eluded to in the first partContinue reading “The Six Elements of Green Part 2 The First Two Elements”
The Six Elements of Green Part 1 Speaking the Language
The purpose of this series of articles is help appraisers and agents see why communication is so important. For agents it can be important for ethical market and for appraises it can be a major property productivity analysis item. ***** As residential real estate professionals we keep getting smacked over the head with the termContinue reading “The Six Elements of Green Part 1 Speaking the Language”
The Queen of Green
July 6, 2018 Sandra K. Adomatis, SRA, LEED Green Associate, NAR GREEN Designee has been a meaningful member of the valuation profession for many years. I first met Sandy when I was taking the last class and demonstration alternative for my SRA designation. Sandy was the facilitator for that week. I was immediately impressedContinue reading “The Queen of Green”
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