There is a lot of mis-information about appraisal management companies (AMCs) and the prominent role AMCs perform in the real estate settlement services industry. Many of the critics' favorite arguments are grounded in stories that have been told at seminars for almost fifty years now. AMCs are bad because _____; appraisers who work with AMCs are bad because ____; no good appraiser would work with AMCs because ____. The list goes on. Prominently missing from the 'lore' is data to back the claims. So we've created a series of articles to explain the AMC industry and put to rest some of the popular criticisms. But, unlike the critics', we do the math.

Doing the Math: Appraisers Who Work With AMCs (Part 1)

Doing the Math: Appraisers Who Work With AMCs (Part 2)

Doing the Math: Why State Regulation of AMCs Will Put Small AMCs Out of Business

Doing the Math: Quantifying the AMC Loophole