Learn with Dr. Lee®: Award-Winning, International Educator + Business Coach: the appraisal foundation

<div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">As featured in <a href="https://www.housingwire.com/articles/president-trumps-administration-just-cut-more-fair-housing-policies-whats-at-stake-who-can-help/" target="_blank">HousingWire</a>.  <blockquote><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"I was so happy, but then it just sinks in. It sinks in, that what was devaluing my home was me." — <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/05/21/998536881/a-black-woman-says-she-had-to-hide-her-race-to-get-a-fair-home-appraisal" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Carlette Duffy</a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, Indianapolis homeowner who discovered her home had been under-appraised. </blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02g-4ICk2jfxYBXh9-mEniqiI2X64ibl8Nujm6hbPY3gF44EF5t351HbzvHJhxKai-dVPKlctF0cUqMqmXJuwYl1PPqia8vvg08rXWhVw7Aqhek-URsyGFX58Il4IYUbHalkhJM6Q-wpwD2qQTYW4IT-kf5aYjRCueVHMxjmS32uCR6nAzdUjZHk3IsM/s1024/Generated%20Image%20(4).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02g-4ICk2jfxYBXh9-mEniqiI2X64ibl8Nujm6hbPY3gF44EF5t351HbzvHJhxKai-dVPKlctF0cUqMqmXJuwYl1PPqia8vvg08rXWhVw7Aqhek-URsyGFX58Il4IYUbHalkhJM6Q-wpwD2qQTYW4IT-kf5aYjRCueVHMxjmS32uCR6nAzdUjZHk3IsM/s320/Generated%20Image%20(4).jpeg" width="320"></a></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> <span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When a home is under-appraised, not only do homeowners miss out on the higher home valuation but so does the entire community (roads, bridges, fire departments, water and sewage systems, trash collection, street lighting, disaster relief, EMS, parks, schools, real estate agents, lenders, etc.).  That is why it is baffling that the process for fair appraisals (specifically, when a value needs to be challenged) is so convoluted depending on where you are in the U.S.</div>