I appreciate all the different answers and opinions as I have qualms concerning the appraisal practice in general. However, from a legal standpoint, I spoke with the Georgia Real Estate Commission about this practice and just as an FYI for your own business practices, I was told that an agent providing an appraiser with any documentation violates both real estate license law and appraiser license law. This does not in any way alleviate any concern regarding the subjectivity of an appraisal or the competency of a particular appraiser, but legally speaking, it would work in our best interest not to put our licenses at risk. - Fri Oct 30 2009, 11:34
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