Daniel S Walsman

There is a reason this guy has only 1 star!!! Unfortunately he was chosen by the lender, not me. He must have been the cheapest bidder. I scheduled an appointment between 2 and 4pm. I adjusted my schedule to accommodate this. 3: 30 rolls around and still no show. I called his # and he said he would not make it until 4, seriously??? And you weren’t going to call and update me? Well, he doesn’t show up until 4:15 with a trainee in tow, who on top of everything else was rude! I just received my appraisal and the JERK pulled the 4 CHEAPEST comps he possibly could. Heck, I can go on Zillow and pick 7 closer comparable homes all 100K higher that the ones this jerk used!!! STEER CLEAR, this guy will rip you off!

I just refinance my existing home to lower down my monthly payment due to low interest rate. My mortgage lender use this service for appraisal of my existing home.
There are so many negative points regarding this business and I personally prefer DO NOT USE THIS BUSINESS FOR APPRAISAL OF YOUR HOME. THEY ARE NOT ACCURATE. There are so many reasons behind my above claim as below:
1) Appraisal office is not punctual. Daniel (Appraisal officer) change his appointment 2 times due to his personal issue in week days. Every time he changes his time, I need to request day off request in my office. Changing date and time frequently did lot of impact in my office work.
2) Daniel is in so much hurry — at the time of appraisal — that he even didn’t look whole property closely and didn’t note down all upgrade that I have done in my house. It took him 5 minutes to appraise 4 stories 3300 sqft townhome.
3) In appraisal report, Page 3, improvement section, It stated that 8 Rooms 3 Bedrooms and 2.1 Baths. This property has actually 3 full bath (two Full bath on 3^rd floor and one full bath in basement) and 1 half bath (in living area floor).
4) In appraisal report, Page 3, General description, Appraiser write that # of Stories = 2.5. Actually its 4 story town home as you can see in pictures at the end of appraisal report.
5) In appraisal report: All comparable sale properties are listed is either mid units or 3 stories which has less living area while this property is end unit and 4 stories. It means more living space. Even though he listed (in my appraisal report) that my house has same living space as like mid unit (2700 sqft). Everyone knows that end unit is always little expensive compare to mid unit.
6) In appraisal report: Daniel wrote that my house value goes down ~$ 21K in one year. First of all area that I am living is booming. Its very quite area, excellent schools, near to Washington DC. So its highly unlikely that property values decrease by ~$ 21K in year. Second Daniel didn’t notice $ 30K worth of upgrade I did in this house.
7) I try to contact them after appraisal report come but no one reply to my emails.
Based on all above points I would strongly advice that DON’T USE THIS APPRAISAL COMPANY.

Do not recommend and wished I read the previous Unilocal comments prior to opening up my doors to him. The previous reviews were spot on. Daniel’s comps included a total of five homes, two of which were still on the market — which I was later told to be unacceptable. The other three comps were recently sold homes but that’s about it. None were comparable in square footage, number of bedrooms & baths, age or style. It appeared to be a fast & thoughtless appraisal to appease the lender however came up short in accuracy. Daniel’s appraisal came in far lower than when appraised during the market slump of ²⁰⁰⁹⁄₂₀₁₀. Had a second appraisal from another lender who happened to be more experienced & confident as well accurate. Daniel was found through Nationwide Property & Appraisal Services was contracted by Loan Depot. I suggest you avoid them all.

Do not recommend. Daniel appears very meek & inexperienced. His comp’s were off in several regards. His off-​target appraisal was reviewed by 3 others «in the industry» and we’ve been advised to pursue 2^nd appraisal elsewhere as his was simply WRONG. Please save your time & money — go elsewhere.

Would not recommend. Daniel seems very inexperienced and his appraisal failed to include several neighborhood comps. He included one property in the comps and not another which was the exact same model even though he only used three neighborhood comps and could have used six. Moreover, he included only one of seven of the similar model homes in the range of 25 comparable sales in the neighborhood over the past 12 months. He would benefit from taking more time and not trying to rush through the appraisal process.