Tim Andersen, The Appraiser's Advocate Podcast

Tim Andersen, The Appraiser's Advocate Podcast


Latest Episodes

UAD 3.6: Blessing or Bother? TAA Podcast 160
September 08, 2025

H1: UAD 3.6: Blessing or Bother? A Practical Guide for Residential Appraisers Rollout begins September 8, 2025. Whether UAD 3.6 is a blessing or a bother depends on your practice focus. If you live on

What Does Your Signature Mean? – TAA Podcast 159
August 25, 2025

What does your signature mean? In real estate appraisal, ethics (i.e., USPAP) and public trust form the foundation of professional credibility. This episode of The Appraisers Advocate emphasizes the

UAD3.6 is a Terror- TAA podcast 158
August 18, 2025

Why are there among our Fellows who conclude the new UAD3.6 is a terror? It may be that it is a change from what we already know, and everybody (not just appraisers) fear changes. Or maybe it is bec

What’s Wrong with the Supervisor/Trainee Model? – TAA Podcast 157
August 11, 2025

What's wrong with the supervisor/trainee model? Nothing, other than it does not work. Outside of that small limitation, it is entirely viable. So, really, despite the fact that model is as old as d

What Does Appraisal’s Future Hold? – TAA Podcast 156
August 04, 2025

What does appraisal's future hold? This is a question that comes in all the time. Since it comes in all the time, and time is dynamic, so is the answer to the question. Simply, we cannot have the a

USPAP, Verification, and Bernoulli’s Fallacy – TAA Podcast 152
April 15, 2025

USPAP, Verification, and Bernoulli's Fallacy. That's a mouthful! What does it mean? I'm assuming you've heard of USPAP. Verification is an important component of USPAP's SR1-4 (learn it, love it,

USPAP and Choosing Comps – TAA Podcast 151
March 10, 2025

Having trouble choosing comps? Tim Andersen, the Appraiser's Advocate explains one possible model in this podcast.

From Your Workfile – TAA Podcast 150
February 10, 2025

USPAP does not specifically use the term, "...from your workfile..." However, you'll find your state appraisal board does. In fact, you'll find the board uses this phrase a lost. Given that, let's

USPAP Doesn’t Mention Time Adjustments – TAA Podcast 149
January 13, 2025

USPAP doesn't mention time adjustments. They are not useless or unnecessary. Measuring and analyzing changes in market conditions are critical and fundamental to real estate appraisal. Indeed, they

A Hill to Die On
December 02, 2024

A hill to die on. That sounds way too serious for a real estate appraisal podcast, right? These are supposed to be about USPAP, and education, and more practical stuff. But I've been studying on th