Carlson Agency LLC maintains the highest professional ethics

We have a lot of obligations as appraisers, but our primary duty is to our clients. Typically, in residential practice, the appraiser's client is the lender ordering the appraisal, and often the appraisal is ordered by a third party the lender has brought in to maintain independence. Appraisers are typically restricted to only disclosing information to their clients, so as a homeowner, if you desire to obtain a copy of the appraisal document, you generally have to obtain it via your lender.

Other responsibilities include accurate calculations appropriate to the nature of the assignment, reaching and sustaining an adequate level of competency and education, and naturally, the appraiser must bear a professional demeanor. Here at Carlson Agency LLC, we take these ethical responsibilities very to heart.

Appraisers can sometimes have fiduciary obligations to third parties, such as homeowners, both sellers and buyers, or others. Typically the third parties are explicitly defined in the appraisal report. An appraiser's fiduciary role is only to those third parties who the appraiser knows, based on the scope of work or other things in the framework of the assignment.

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There are also ethical duties that have nothing to do with clients and others. For example, appraisers must keep their work files for a minimum of five years - something else Carlson Agency LLC makes a part of their standard routine.

Carlson Agency LLC holds itself to the industry standards and guidelines set in place for professional behavior. We can't accept anything less from ourselves. Accepting orders based on contingency fees is never an option. That means we can't agree to do an appraisal report and base our pay upon coming up with a particular value conclusion. There's an obvious conflict of interest if an appraiser can report a larger value and then get paid more money! We set ourselves to a higher standard.

Finally, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice explicitly states unethical behavior as accepting of an assignment that is contingent on "the reporting of a pre-determined result (e.g., opinion of value)", "a direction in assignment results that favors the cause of the client", or "the amount of a value opinion" as well as other situations. We follow these rules to the letter which means you can be confident we are working hard to objectively determine the home or property value.

As soon as you order an appraisal from Carlson Agency LLC, we'll make sure you're getting the professional service you expect along with the principles we're known for.