http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/ This is the "Unofficial WinTOTAL / Pocket TOTAL list." This list is not sponsored by a la mode, inc., Sun, 19 May 2013 21:10:48 GMT Paul Lachance http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144339 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144339 Shelly, I disagree...there is no requirement for or the use of the word “specific”. Fannie and Freddie state, “enter any......” Different Sun, 19 May 2013 20:46:27 GMT Bert Craytor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144338 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144338 Donna, I just had a chance to look at Lafayette. Looks like prices are going through the roof there. Builders charge what they can get. I never thought they Sun, 19 May 2013 19:27:23 GMT Jim Rice http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144337 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144337 I asked an underwriter what to do about a house that was specifically built with energy features. It has solar panels, uses geothermal, triple paned storm Sun, 19 May 2013 19:10:19 GMT shelleys http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144336 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144336 I have been typing "typical" for many years. But, I recently was asked to revise it by an FHA underwriter. And upon researching the handbook, they were right. Sun, 19 May 2013 14:53:11 GMT Bert Craytor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144335 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144335 Market participants necessarily think survival in the short term - which invariably leads to long term problems whenever that someone else can pay the price of Sun, 19 May 2013 13:39:56 GMT Donna http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144334 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144334 Bert, I have to agree with you. I don't know about other areas, but in my area builders are screwing people over left and right with their prices. Why don't Sun, 19 May 2013 04:50:23 GMT bert.craytor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144333 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144333 BTW the Science May 10 article is intended to prove that increasing competition in the market, leads market participants to lower their moral standards. -With Sun, 19 May 2013 04:17:04 GMT Bert Craytor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144332 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144332 An NAHB "Comprehensive Blueprint for Residential Appraisal Reform"? Absolute HOGWASH and DOUBLETALK! Certainly we all have respect for the NAHB, the builders, Sat, 18 May 2013 23:05:16 GMT Laurie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144331 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144331 Happy Belated Birthday!!! Just catching up and didn't want to miss out getting to wish you a happy bithday, even if it missed the exact day!! Laurie Richards Sat, 18 May 2013 22:29:05 GMT Dan Simic http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144330 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144330 Paul, For almost all properties I've put in "Typ. Features" unless there are unusual energy efficient items. I've only had an issue with a few underwriters, Sat, 18 May 2013 21:22:49 GMT Talmon Murphy, Jr. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144329 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144329 Anyone that has facebook please go to the Magic Burger page here and like my choice of names for their ice cream characters! Contest ends tonight. I chose Sat, 18 May 2013 21:15:59 GMT jack smith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144328 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144328 Same here. John E. "Jack" Smith Smith Appraisal Services, Inc. Certified R E Appraiser, IL & WI Managing R E Broker, IL Beach Park, IL 60099 (847)244-4005 / Sat, 18 May 2013 21:06:28 GMT Sarah Vetault http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144327 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144327 Don't forget to report the prior appraisal services in your certification, because this will be a new assignment. Sarah Vetault AZ Certified Residential RE Sat, 18 May 2013 20:43:50 GMT Michael Powers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144326 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144326 If I'm reading your statement correctly all those items are pretty standard for the neighborhood. If so I mark Typical and have never been questioned. Sat, 18 May 2013 20:31:34 GMT Ron Hanz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144325 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Total2000UsersGroup/message/144325 I have always input standard, or average, but got gigged this month for it. Evidently, they want DblPn/ClFn and the like (if the house has it). R. H. Hanz,