Risky Business: An Easy Way to Understand Weighted Risk Scoring Models
One way to simplify our complex, data-driven world, is to figure out how to easily summarize and digest the large...
Due-Diligence
Environmental Due Diligence
Amazon and Whole Foods Market: Site Selection Model for Success
Amazon And Whole Foods Market: Both focus on customer needs & offer a place where those can be served. But the similarities don't end there.
Appraisers
U.S. SBA Officially Adopts $500,000 Appraisal Threshold
Read about the U.S. SBA's change to its 7(a) and 504 loan program appraisal requirements, including what's changing and other...
Environmental Due Diligence
NEWS FLASH: EPA RECOGNIZES ASTM FORESTLAND STANDARD AS AAI-COMPLIANT
EPA Replaces Reference to Old E 2247 Standard to Reflect 2016 Revisions At our May PRISM conference, Patricia Overmeyer, the...
Energy
Carbon Dioxide Emission Levels: U.S. States Plan to Take on CO2
United States carbon dioxide emission levels are illustrated on a map showing the energy-related C02 levels. Red is bad, green is good.
Environmental Due Diligence
Evolution of Data Collection: Past, Present and Future
Ask any veteran environmental professional what it was like doing a Phase I environmental site assessment in the early 1990s, and chances are you will get an earful about how difficult it was to access government data on property contamination.
Appraisers
The Gap between Appraisals and Environmental Site Assessments
Learn how market pressures, regulatory guidance and technological advances are closing the gap between appraisals and environmental due diligence....
Environmental Due Diligence
Guidance on ASTM’s REC-HREC-CREC Definitions
Read our guide on the differences between a REC, HREC and CREC under E 1527-13....
Environmental Due Diligence
One Environmental Professional’s Take on ASTM’s Revised Vapor Encroachment Screening Standard
In December 2015, ASTM Subcommittee E50.02 (Real Estate Assessment and Management) approved revisions to the Standard Guide E2600 for Vapor...
Appraisers
New Revisions to USPAP: Advice for Lenders, Appraisers
Read about changes to USPAP that should be noted when completing appraisal and review assignments during the effective period of...
Environmental Due Diligence
Five Common Environmental Due Diligence Mistakes to Avoid
NOTE TO READERS: This article originally appeared in the Colorado Real Estate Journal, Jan 20 – Feb 2, 2016 edition....
Lending & Financial Services
Commercial Appraisal Review Forms: Advice for Lenders, Reviewers
LightBox EDR® Insight is pleased to offer readers the second and final installment in a two-part series on commercial appraisal...