Chase Pursley
Chase Pursley is the founder of Appraisal Inbox, The Operating System for Appraisers.
Used by appraisal professionals since 2013, Appraisal Inbox helps independent appraisers, appraisal teams, production managers, and multi-office firms track orders, coordinate work, reduce double entry, and improve visibility across the assignment workflow.
Many people enter the appraisal profession assuming that becoming an independent fee appraiser is the primary career path.
This session broadens that perspective by mapping the employment landscape across valuation, including staff appraisal, local firms, government assessment, appraisal review, lender and AMC roles, commercial appraisal, and specialized opportunities.
Attendees will learn how these paths differ in stability, compensation, benefits, independence, training, advancement, and day-to-day work, along with practical considerations for moving from private practice into an employed role.
Appraisal Inbox helps appraisers manage the business workflow around appraisal assignments: order intake, scheduling, assignments, tasklists, client requirements, workfiles, communication, accounting, exports, and reporting.
It streamlines order intake with Portal Push, a browser plugin for lender/AMC portals, and Order Forward for order emails. It also exports data in multiple ways, including UAD 3.6 MISMO .zip, reducing repeated entry between intake, operations, and downstream appraisal tools.
Appraisal Inbox serves independent appraisers, appraisal practices, production and office managers, and enterprise or multi-office firms that need cleaner order visibility, deadline tracking, team coordination, workfile organization, fee/payment tracking, commission splits, reporting, and repeatable workflows.