Maili Myers, Inc. provides honest and ethical appraisals for Valencia County

Honesty and Integrity: Maili Myers, Inc.

Appraising is typically a long term career. Requirements to become a licensed appraiser have increased more than ever before. That's why it goes without question in this day and age that real estate appraisal can unquestionably be considered a profession as opposed to a trade. In our field, as with any profession, we are bound by ethical considerations.

We have many responsibilities as appraisers, but first and foremost we answer to our clients. Typically, for a regular residential appraisal, the lender (or an agent of the lender) places the order to the appraiser, becoming the appraiser's client. It follows that appraisers are privy to a lot of information, and like an attorney, can only discuss many of these matters with their client. As a homeowner, if you desire a copy of the appraisal document, you generally have to get it via your lender instead of the appraiser.

Other responsibilities include numerical accuracy depending on the assignment parameters, reaching and maintaining an appropriate level of competency and education, and naturally, the appraiser must bear a professional demeanor. Maintaining high ethics is what we do every day at Maili Myers, Inc..

In some cases appraisers will have fiduciary responsibilities to third parties, including homeowners, both sellers and buyers, or others. Those third parties normally are defined in the appraisal assignment itself. An appraiser's fiduciary duty is restricted to those parties who the appraiser is aware of, based on the scope of work or other written parameters of the order.

Maili Myers, Inc. has an established track record for producing competent and ethically superior appraisals. To learn more, contact us.


Appraisers also have standards outside of boundaries of with whom we share information For example, appraisers must backup their work files for at least five years - at Maili Myers, Inc. you can rest assured that we abide by that rule.

While busy with an order, we follow the highest ethical standards possible. Accepting assignments based on contingency fees is not something we can consider. That means we can't agree to do an appraisal report and get paid only if the loan closes. Anyone should be able to see that fabricating a home's value to achieve a bigger paycheck is unethical!

Finally, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice also 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" in addition to other situations We diligently follow these rules to the letter which means you can be confident we are going above and beyond to provide an unbiased determination of the home or property value.

When you engage Maili Myers, Inc., we'll make sure you're getting the professional service you deserve along with the principles we're known for.