Are you getting orders that request an appraised value?
If this is your case, there is no reason for a BPO other than to verify if occupied(if you can) and to obtain photos to support the current condition of the subject exterior(if indeed the property is still there).

I never have been asked for an appraised value. The AM company can utilize the www in any Country to obtain this information by simply going to the subject's County Appraisal web site.

I said I would not change my values. I never said that I would not explain my decision. Naturally, when I submit my orders, I always provide a subject pricing strategy even when not asked to explain. Don't you?

I never had this happen to me based on documentation of my pricing strategy and all comps that definitely support my value.

I did learn something from Asset V & M a long time ago, "the client does not want an appriased value, the client want the true market value of the subject". These are different you know? What about current local market conditions, supply and demand, inventory/new/never lived in, to be built/under construction, re-sale, reo/foreclosure, # of active competing/similar properties etc...or are you one of the RE agents that doesn't consider all aspects of the subject in order to reflect a true market value?

Yes, the current appraised value must be considered in such valuations but it is not the leading contributing factor. This is why when I look in my current MLS, I see properties that have been on the market for over 1 year due to the fact that they over-priced, they have astronomical DOM and once archive searched, I find the original LP and all price changes thereafter and also find that the same identical property on the same street, built by the same builder sold within 90 DOM with a realistic(market condition/market value)LP.

Each mentioned above and other aspects must be considered and utilized when documenting the true market value which is completely different from an appraised value.

Are you getting orders that request an appraised value?
If this is your case, there is no reason for a BPO other than to verify if occupied(if you can) and to obtain photos to support the current condition of the subject exterior(if indeed the property is still there).

I never have been asked for an appraised value. The AM company can utilize the www in any Country to obtain this information by simply going to the subject's County Appraisal web site.

I do know what I am doing in RE.

I never have been asked for an appraised value. The AM company can utilize the www in any Country to obtain this information by simply going to the subject's County Appraisal web site.

I do know what I am doing in RE.