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Printable checklists
Each one condenses a feature article into a list you can print or save as a PDF and keep with the file. They are free with a subscription to The Signal.
- Solar home closing packetFor the seller and listing agent, the lender, title and closing, and the appraiser on a home sale with solar panels, to use at the start of the transaction. Gather these records before any price is attached to the panels, and mark anything missing as unresolved.See what is inside
- Short-term rental appraisal fileFor an appraiser building a file to support work on a short-term rental, where no standard-setter has published a valuation method. Use it to collect, separate and support the pieces no agreed method covers.See what is inside
- Reconsideration of value requestFor a lender, underwriter or appraiser preparing or reviewing a borrower-initiated reconsideration of value, under the program rules that apply today. The new federal law requires FHFA, FHA, VA and USDA to set a procedure; none of the four has written its rule yet, so this checklist covers only the rules in force now.See what is inside