Appraisers are, by far, the most technical agents in the real estate world.  By necessity, they have been drawn into the digital world at a pace not seen by their colleagues.  The appraisal process is one that lends itself to technology, which has paid significant dividends to those appraisers who have invested in it.  These dividends are shared with the appraiser's customers in the form of shorter turn-around times and higher quality reports.

   Millions of real estate transactions are processed each year in the United States.  Almost all of them require some sort of appraisal.  Technology has allowed savvy appraisers to reduce the amount of work their clients need to order, track and receive appraisals.  In the past, the primary mode of interaction between an appraiser and his clients was the telephone and fax machine. Now, using tools like this web site and e-mail, clients can easily order and check the status of the appraisal.  Many private vendor portals also allow users to automatically order and track the appraisal progress.
                                                                                                                    
   Modern appraisers have foresaken the old print and mail route for a much more efficient electronic delivery system.  Utilizing Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) files, an appraiser can deliver a multi-page report, complete with digital photos and maps, through simple e-mail.  Now, instead of waiting for the daily mail, or paying for expensive courier sevices, appraisal customers can simply log into their e-mail system and retrieve their appraisals.  

   Storing data has always been of extreme importance to appraisers.  Up until the 1990s, appraisers stored countless books, notes and documents, which enabled them to reference them for future assignments.  Federal laws also require appraisers to keep their workfiles for five years, which allows them to either defend the valuation or to be used legal proceedings.  This sometimes required warehousing boxes of paper, which was difficult to access and inefficient.  Now, by digitally storing every aspect of the appraisal process, modern appraisers are able to access data quickly and store it in searchable media.

  Andreini Appraisal Services utilizes the most technologically advanced tools, which allows them to deliver reports quicker, more efficiently and with higher degrees of accuracy.  All of this helps keep our costs down and saves our clients time and money.