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You've worked with AMCs before. You have questions.
Here is how we approach assignments, scope, review and communication. Avisso was founded by a residential appraiser with two decades in the field, so we've asked them too. Here are the answers.
Will I be treated like a professional?
Clear scope, practical communication and specific review requests help you complete the assignment.
Will the scope be clear?
Complexity, client requirements and due date are stated before you accept, not discovered at the inspection.
Will the fee be fair?
Complex property is quoted individually, so the fee reflects the work.
Will I get unnecessary revisions?
Review questions are combined into one specific request.
Will someone answer when I need help?
Access problems, scope changes and questions go to a person who knows the file.
Will a lender lean on me?
No. Value communication is routed through Avisso, and production staff never reach you directly.
Will you pay on time?
Payment terms are in the onboarding agreement and we keep to them.
Will the assignment fit my experience?
Yes — that's the whole point of how we assign. We match by property type, market and complexity. If you've valued acreage, waterfront or higher-value residential, that's the work you'll see, with a scope and fee that reflect it. If you haven't, we won't put you in a position to guess.
What we look for
Experience, independence and sound judgment.
Current regulatory knowledge
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and HUD requirements as they stand today, plus whatever a client's guidelines add. A report that is consistent with the rules the first time is worth more to a lender than one that arrives a day earlier and comes back.
Ethics before everything else
An appraiser's name is always at stake. We want people who would rather lose an assignment than lean on a value — and we route pressure away from you so that choice rarely has to be made.
Judgment on properties that don't fit
Acreage, waterfront, large or unusual homes where the comparables don't line up. Being able to research, support and explain a value for those is the competency lenders most often need — and the work we quote individually.
What we'll ask you for.
Matching only works if we know what you actually do. The application starts with your markets and property types and ends with the agreements, shown in full before you sign.
- Current state license or certification for each state you work (no trainee licenses)
- E&O insurance in force — $300,000 per claim / $1,000,000 aggregate
- Markets and property types you have actually completed
- Two redacted sample reports
- Five disclosure questions: litigation, discipline, HUD sanctions, E&O claims, convictions
- Background screening authorization, handled by a secure provider after review
What happens after you apply
- 01
Apply
Six steps; confirmation emailed.
You - 02
Review
Credentials verified; samples read by a reviewer.
- 03
Setup
Portal access and fee schedule.
- 04
First assignments
Matched to stated experience.
Panel approval does not guarantee assignments, a minimum volume or a fee level — orders are offered one at a time, matched to competency. Portal and login destination [INTEGRATION TO CONFIRM]
The other questions appraisers ask us
Customary and reasonable fees by market, with complex property quoted individually.
Payment terms are stated in the onboarding agreement.
A reviewer who has written reports reads yours before delivery, for comparable logic, adjustment support and client requirements. If something comes back, it comes back once, consolidated and specific — not a checklist of stylistic preferences.
No. Assignment is by property type, market and complexity. Tell us what you work and we match to it. You may decline any offer; what we ask is that you do not accept only by fee or property type.
We will not promise a volume. Panel approval does not guarantee assignments, a minimum number of orders or a fee level — orders are offered as they arise in your markets. What we can say is that experienced appraisers on difficult property see the work that fits that experience.
No. Every order comes through Avisso electronically, and every value conversation runs back through us. That is what keeps independence intact for you and the lender.