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I didn't take your previous post as a bashing of FARVV. In most posts on this forum I find them informative, some opinionated, some as actual experiences, etc. It all boils down to being an excellent information site. And, I have my favorites....some with their witty remarks, some with real in depth information, and some with a combination of both. If I'm having a bad day this is where I come for my PICK ME UP. Whether I need a good laugh or just some good old fashioned information, it's easy to find here. I always come away feeling better...hope that makes sense.

Back to the topic.......rating good versus fair....It appears I'm going to have to make some mental adjustments. I've found different companies have different rating systems......I have one that rates at poor, fair, average, good, excellent. If they would all throw the term average into the mix my problem would go away.

I can relate to your "trash out issue". When I do an interior I average 60 to 75 pictures. I attempt to show the A/M what I'm actually seeing and feeling. Have you ever wondered if the A/M's have any real estate experience or did they just come from the mortgage field?. Trash out and weed abatement is a minimum.......I can't begin to tell you how many times I couldn't get my buyers to look past the front room due to the trash situation. They would just turn around and go back out the front door. As an REO selling agent they would make my job so much easier if they would just do some of the basics recommended in BPO, and probably sell at a higher price.

I'm starting to rant, again.....any other advice from the group would be appreciated,

I still have yet to see the appraisal or the comps that the appraiser used. I don't mind adjusting my value a little bit, but I would like to see what the appraiser's comps were first. I have seen other appraisals and bpo's in the past when asked to do a second or third, and they were way off base. So I hesitate in changing my values until I see what other comps were used.

Photos:
Yesterday I went to take my pictures for a BPO, it was a condo, so I was gonna take them for the building... Suddenly a guy came out with an attitud and told me that it was "forbidden" take pictures to a private property. I explained to him what was I doing and even told him that "if it were a listing? You have to take pictures.. But the guy threatened me to call police.
Are we doing something illegal?

You can take whatever pictures you need for a drive by BPO as long as you do it from the public highway. If you tresspass, for example to get a better view, then you could be in trouble. Let him call the police, they will likely tell him his limits.

THANKS!