ACI, a provider of workflow solutions for the valuation industry for nearly 40 years and a member of the First American family of companies, recently introduced SureStep mobile. This is a comprehensive appraisal inspection solution, ACI announced in a press release.
Through the applications and tools housed within ACI SureStep mobile, appraisers can conduct a full inspection onsite from their smartphone or tablet, including capturing photos, completing sketches, collecting property data, and analyzing research, which helps eliminate paperwork and manual data entry, the release stated.
Available for both iOS and Android devices, SureStep mobile also helps appraisers more effectively manage calendars and active orders by displaying all assignments and their status in one place and providing driving directions to appointments with a single touch.
“SureStep mobile helps appraisers stay in the field longer, providing the information needed to scope and quote new assignments from anywhere, so they can complete more appraisals in a day,” Jeremy Staudenmaier, general manager at ACI, said in the release. “Efficient data collection during an inspection is vital and appraisers that can conduct their business in the field gain an advantage over their competition.
“SureStep mobile is more than a data collection application, it’s a digital appraisal assistant designed to eliminate many of the manual tasks in the appraisal process, reducing inspection times while improving reliability.”
With SureStep mobile, appraisers receive First American’s comprehensive public records data for the subject property, along with aerial and street-view imagery. In addition, all completed inspections are seamlessly imported directly into ACI’s flagship software, ACI Report, to further reduce the need for manual data entry. Work files are documented within SureStep mobile to comply with regulatory requirements through complete digital inspection reporting as well.