Over the years there have always been some who lack appreciation for real estate appraisers. When an appraiser appraises a property at or around the contract price in a purchase, some feel like we are just "justifying" or "rubber stamping" a pre-determined price. Some probably think "of course it appraised for that" because the appraisal met their expectations. Since a person's own expectations are usually valued more than other information from other sources, the data in the