It has been a great year for me personally and NCPAC. At the current time I am six months pregnant, but despite my self-imposed demotion to “office assistant”, I am still very much involved in the biz. And even with the downturn in today’s market, Creekside still has six full time appraisers and one part time appraiser.

Can you believe it?

Funny thing happened the other day, I was calling to pick up plans from a loan officer at a local bank. He asked how my son was doing and how I was doing. This is not an unusual question, I talk to many people everyday about my family. But I was pretty sure I had not talked to this particular person about Josh and the new baby. So I, casually as possible, asked how he was aware of so much… So he told me that he reads The Scope, how cool is that?

You never know how far your words will reach and how many people they can influence. It turns out that not only was he a loan officer, but an appraiser too, and a member of NCPAC! What a great day for NCPAC. This convinces me that in the future, events like this could be the norm for others in the field, not just for real estate appraisers. I would like to see our readership extended out to lending institutions, loan officers, market forecasters, and other real estate related individuals. That way when changes occur to affect our profession, the lenders and loan officers can become aware of these changes as well.

Currently if a loan officer works for a bank, they are not required to take the 8 hours of CE that loan brokers do. So reading our newsletter might be a good way for them to keep up with the changes in our profession.

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