We worked on several projects for KB Homes, Lennar, Standard Pacific, and smaller players like Brehm Communities.

Over and above that, only recently did I really tried to act upon my learnings from the book, videos, forums, etc.

I have a little note book about 5"x7" I write my todo list.

You need his book, there are no magic calendars, software, or other things to buy - give it a look.

It does, however, mean that a lot were when refi's and sales were at such a high volume that the lenders were not even looking at the appraisal for the most part.Getting back to the role of the lender -- all lenders are subjecting appraisals to close scrutiny, first applying certain measurements to the basic facts, and then sending it to appraisal review when it does not meet the standards of these new guidelines (and they do not meet them A LOT right now.)It doesn't matter what the realtor feels it is worth or sometimes even what the buyer is willing to pay, unless they have deep pockets to put down a larger down payment to make up the difference they cannot finance -- the lender will have tremendous influence over the value simply because they control the purse strings.

Also, you can obtain Wendy Patton's book on the subject, which is pretty good.

I was recently told that my current situation is bad...but was then promted to buy this person's book.

I used to be in the book business and the independents just sat back for years and fought technology as a group while B Dalton/Barnes and Noble etc.etc. chewed them up.

I've got ZERO experience with real estate except for what i read in the news and books and etc.

They were pretty smart using every trick in the book to walk away with big bucks.