FMLS and DataMaster announce a new exclusive partnership benefiting Georgia appraisers. Under the agreement, appraisers who are FMLS members will gain access to DataMaster as a free benefit, the company said in a release.
“DataMaster is considered the gold standard for appraisal data management, and FMLS is the only MLS in the state with this exclusive partnership,” FMLS President and CEO Jeremy Crawford said in the release. “We’re also going to reduce appraiser membership fees for accessing tax data, and add free, state-approved CE classes for appraisers. In addition, FMLS is expanding appraiser access to statewide tax data in all 159 counties and reducing lockbox key fees while removing the requirement to pay fees in person.”
Rick Lifferth – president and CEO of Market Data Services, the creators of DataMaster – spoke of what this partnership will mean for appraisers.
“DataMaster is excited to partner with FMLS, one of the industry’s largest and most innovative MLSs in the nation,” Lifferth said. “Our new DataMaster platform is the most sophisticated and powerful data management tool ever created for appraisers. DataMaster will save Georgia appraisers hours on each appraisal report. The new CompTracker feature allows appraisers to reuse their own data and share data with trusted peers in a USPAP-compliant way.”
For the first time, according to the release, FMLS data management will deliver all relevant MLS data to the DataMaster platform for appraisers. The agreement creates a wide variety of benefits for FMLS appraiser members. With access to the MLS back-end database, DataMaster displays hundreds of relevant data elements to FMLS appraiser members for each property used in an appraisal.
Through this process, DataMaster empowers appraisers to save their data work file, which simplifies USPAP compliance. The patented custom formatting engine allows appraisers to insert data at the touch of a button into their reports in exactly the way the appraiser wants the data to read.
DataMaster will be available free for all appraisers who belong to FMLS in Georgia beginning Jan. 23.