Alison Swain replied to Cindy Billman, SRES ®, SFR®, CDPE's discussion REO/BPO COMPANIES THAT DON'T PAY
"Welcome to my world. It's why I'm no longer appraising. Management companies have the magic formula: find a profession where most people work independently (i.e. not organizationally protected), contact largest clients of that profession and offer…"
Mar 4, 2014
Alison Swain commented on Jesus (Jesse) Gonzalez's blog post The Reasons Why We Do Not Have High REO Inventories
"Christine LaQuang: "the other shoe dropping with a big, loud thump" --- there are a lot of knowledgeable, experienced people who have studied the tea leaves and think that is exactly what is going to happen in the not-too-distant future. Scary.…"
Sep 9, 2013
Alison Swain commented on Jesus (Jesse) Gonzalez's blog post The Reasons Why We Do Not Have High REO Inventories
""FAUX News" --- just the use of that tired old tripe tells you all you need to know about the defensiveness of those who use it. LOLPlease, enlighten us, Vivian, on just how GW Bush caused high unemployment. Under President Bush, unemployment was at…"
Sep 9, 2013
Alison Swain commented on Jesus (Jesse) Gonzalez's blog post The Reasons Why We Do Not Have High REO Inventories
"The President and his party are NOT helping. If they wanted to help, they'd be doing something to help employment, which is the quickest, most effective way to clear the housing mess and get America back on solid footing. Instead, they've done…"
Sep 9, 2013
Alison Swain posted a discussion
How is the transition over to Equator going for all of you who list for Fannie Mae? Is this a change that you welcome? Other than the expected learning curve, how do you expect that Equator will affect how you run your operations --- will it…
Sep 7, 2013
Alison Swain commented on Jesus (Jesse) Gonzalez's blog post The Reasons Why We Do Not Have High REO Inventories
"The Community Reinvestment Act and its lion's share of the responsibility for this mess are well known to most anyone who consumes news from sources other than network news and "mainstream" newspapers. As for HuffPo, they'd never publish what Jesse…"
Sep 7, 2013
Alison Swain replied to Hugo W Meza's discussion Five Star Conference? Worth it or not?
"Barney Frank ought to understand the housing mess backwards and forwards. He was instrumental in causing it and then doubling down with Dodd-Frank. I'd love to attend just to say as much to that crokked b*****d."
Sep 7, 2013
Alison Swain replied to Cindy Billman, SRES ®, SFR®, CDPE's discussion REO/BPO COMPANIES THAT DON'T PAY
"The only hope to battle these crooks and to save your industry is to refuse to do business the way they tell you it's going to be done. They've killed appraisers; you're next."
Sep 6, 2013
Alison Swain replied to Cindy Billman, SRES ®, SFR®, CDPE's discussion REO/BPO COMPANIES THAT DON'T PAY
"Elena:

I posted it in the main Discussions area. It's more cautionary tale than life story though. LOL!"
Sep 5, 2013
Alison Swain replied to Cindy Billman, SRES ®, SFR®, CDPE's discussion REO/BPO COMPANIES THAT DON'T PAY
"Folks, all this you're complaining about was seen earlier by appraisers. Your advantage is that you have a powerful organization who should be shamed into helping you fight these organized criminal enterprises (management companies). Please see my…"
Sep 5, 2013
Alison Swain posted a discussion
Hello, everyone. I'm very happy to have found your site and to have been allowed to join your group. As you can see from my discussion title, I am a former appraiser (actually, still licensed, just not currently practicing) and a current REO…
Sep 5, 2013