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Appraisal Orders

Every inspection filed before you leave the site.

Every order on one board by client and due date, and a trainee log your supervisor signs as the hours happen.

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Free for ten orders a month, no card. See a sample trainee experience log

Free tool: next due date

Enter the date and the next one appears here.

Your customer sets this interval; no rule fixes one.

The rules, with where each one came from.

Each date this app counts and each check it runs on a save is listed here with its source and the day we last read it. Where a rule lives in a paid standard, we cite it and keep the same facts in our own layout; we never copy the standard's text or forms.

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sourced rules in this trade, each read on or after Oct 29, 2026.

Dates it counts

  1. Report due to the client: the interval set in agreed turn time (days) from the order received on.Set per customer; no rule fixes this interval.
    Your contract

What it checks when you save

  1. The trainee and the supervising appraiser keep the experience log together, and both answer for it being accurate and current.From 18VAC130-20-60 Qualifications for licensure as an appraiser trainee (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.
    For reference
  2. Each log entry shows the property type, report date, address, the trainee's work and the supervisor's review, the trainee's hours, and the supervisor's signature and certification number.From 18VAC130-20-60 Qualifications for licensure as an appraiser trainee (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.
    For reference
  3. A trainee with more than one supervisor keeps a separate log for each.From 18VAC130-20-60 Qualifications for licensure as an appraiser trainee (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  4. A supervising appraiser has been state certified for at least three years and is in good standing.From 18VAC130-20-60 Qualifications for licensure as an appraiser trainee (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  5. A supervising appraiser supervises no more than three trainees at one time.From 18VAC130-20-60 Qualifications for licensure as an appraiser trainee (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  6. The supervisor inspects each property with the trainee until they judge the trainee competent for that property type.From 18VAC130-20-60 Qualifications for licensure as an appraiser trainee (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.
    For reference
  7. A supervising appraiser has completed the board-approved course for supervisors and trainees.From 18VAC130-20-60 Qualifications for licensure as an appraiser trainee (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.
    Warns on save
  8. A trainee has completed the board-approved course for supervisors and trainees.From 18VAC130-20-60 Qualifications for licensure as an appraiser trainee (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.
    Warns on save
  9. In Virginia, a licensed residential appraiser needs at least 1,000 hours of experience over no fewer than six months.From 18VAC130-20-30 Qualifications for licensure (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.
    For reference
  10. In Virginia, a certified residential appraiser needs at least 1,500 hours of experience over no fewer than 12 months.From 18VAC130-20-30 Qualifications for licensure (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.
    For reference
  11. The supervising appraiser keeps copies of trainee reports at least five years, or two years after any court case with testimony, whichever ends later.From 18VAC130-20-180 Standards of practice (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.
    Stops the save
  12. Records about an appraisal go to the board within 10 days of its request.From 18VAC130-20-180 Standards of practice (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.
    For reference
  13. Renew before the license expires. The 60-day reminder is our suggestion.From 18VAC130-20-100 Expiration and renewal (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.
    Warns on save

Asked, and answered from the rule.

What goes in an appraiser trainee experience log?

  1. Each log entry shows the property type, report date, address, the trainee's work and the supervisor's review, the trainee's hours, and the supervisor's signature and certification number.From 18VAC130-20-60 Qualifications for licensure as an appraiser trainee (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.
  2. The trainee and the supervising appraiser keep the experience log together, and both answer for it being accurate and current.From 18VAC130-20-60 Qualifications for licensure as an appraiser trainee (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.

How many experience hours does a licensed residential appraiser need in Virginia?

  1. In Virginia, a licensed residential appraiser needs at least 1,000 hours of experience over no fewer than six months.From 18VAC130-20-30 Qualifications for licensure (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.

How long must a supervising appraiser keep copies of trainee reports?

  1. The supervising appraiser keeps copies of trainee reports at least five years, or two years after any court case with testimony, whichever ends later.From 18VAC130-20-180 Standards of practice (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.

How many trainees can one supervising appraiser have in Virginia?

  1. A supervising appraiser supervises no more than three trainees at one time.From 18VAC130-20-60 Qualifications for licensure as an appraiser trainee (Virginia Administrative Code), checked Oct 29, 2026.

What it keeps for you.

Appraiser

Name, App login, Credential, Licensing state, License number, and more.

Order

Order number, Client, Lender, Loan or case number, Property address, and more.

Experience log entry

Trainee, Supervising appraiser, Order, Type of property, Date of report, and more.

What your client receives.

The trainee experience log, as the app issues it the moment the inspection is saved: signed, dated and frozen, with what is next due. This one is filled with invented records so you can read it before you sign up.

Building owners read every report filed to them in one binder, free.

Sample Inspection Co. (fictional) · Appraisal Orders

Trainee experience log

Sep 1, 2026

Experience log entry

TraineeSupervising appraiserOrderType of propertyDate of reportAddress of the appraised property
Avery LundAvery Lund222 Foundry Rd, SpringfieldSingle-familyAug 24, 2026222 Foundry Rd, Springfield
Avery LundAvery Lund120 Foundry Rd, SpringfieldSingle-familySep 11, 2026120 Foundry Rd, Springfield
Jordan PikeJordan Pike137 Linden Ave, SpringfieldCondominiumJul 20, 2026137 Linden Ave, Springfield
Sam OkaforSam Okafor154 Quarry Ln, SpringfieldTwo to four unitsMay 28, 2026154 Quarry Ln, Springfield
Avery LundAvery Lund171 Market St, SpringfieldManufactured homeApr 5, 2026171 Market St, Springfield
Jordan PikeJordan Pike188 Orchard Way, SpringfieldVacant landFeb 11, 2026188 Orchard Way, Springfield

and 6 more on the full report

Signature

Not signed in the app; signed on paper if at all.

A recordkeeping aid. It does not certify compliance and is not legal advice.

Every name, date and number on this sample is invented.

What Appraisal Orders costs.

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  • 1 person

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  • 400 orders a month
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  • 2,000 orders a month
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  • 2,000 orders a month
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