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We Can Get Around Anything

Richard Hagar SRA Free Articles December 12, 2017January 5, 2018appraiser, auditor, economy, greed, purchase, real estate

Auditors, Pressure, Greed, and the Economy

The current collapse of our economy will be the fourth time I’ve been to this rodeo. You’d think we would have learned the lesson by now. The last time the entire United States went through the same issues and problems was back in the mid 80’s, and here …

Why the Client is Separate from Everyone Else

Richard Hagar SRA Free Articles December 12, 2017January 5, 2018appraiser, bailout, bank, firrea, retort

Those who do not remember the past are doomed to relive its failures.

FIRREA, and to a certain degree USPAP, came about due to the failures, within the banking and appraisal systems, that lead to the S&L Bailout of ‘80s.

Definitions that we use today for client, intended user, confidentiality and, “scope of work” …