Welcome all trainee appraisers

You worked hard days and nights to get the license. What you learn from school is the foundation for your next step: find a mentor and learn real life experience from him/her.

There are many reasons given by appraisers for not taking on the responsibility for a trainee. "These appraisers say they receive one or two desperate calls a week from trainees trying to break in. They try to help when they can but the truth is few are willing to train a stranger." (Taken from the December 2001 Communicator by Douglas G. Smith, IFAS)

Since it is too tough to break in, Truthful Appraisal would like to help you in many different ways:

• If you are an experienced trainee (having more than 1000 hours of training), Truthful Appraisal will help you get free training from a mentor.
• If you have your own clients and agree to split fee 50/50 with a mentor, Truthful Appraisal will help you find one
• If you are an inexperienced trainee, Truthful Appraisal suggests you to pay for training. We recommend two types of payments:

  Type	Payment	Comments
  Pay by report	15% of the report fee.	Example: a mentor accepts a residential appraisal order from ABC Mortgage Inc. for $350. If he accepts to train trainee Mark, he will earn an additional $52.50 from Mark. Now his income will be up to $402.50.
  Pay per 100 logged hours	$500	Trainees pay in advance. Payment will decrease by $50 per 100 hrs (i.e: $500 if trainee has less than 100 hours of experience, $450 if trainee has more than 100 hours of experience, $400 if trainee has more than 200 hours of experience, $350 if ....).

If you have experienced a tough time finding a mentor, this is a remarkable opportunity in your career. After submitting the following form, your profile will become visible to all the available mentors. The door to the appraisal world will be wide open to you from now on.