Appraisal Specialist

Center Street Lending; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Center Street Lending is seeking a detail-oriented professional to support appraisal operations, including ordering and revising appraisal reports, reviewing valuations, and ensuring data accuracy. The role requires strong analytical skills and familiarity with real estate concepts.

The candidate will interact with appraisal vendors, analyze KPI data, and prepare valuation analyses to support lending decisions, based in Irvine, CA. Proficiency in Excel and Word is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience in lender/valuation environment preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational and analytical abilities
• Ability to provide efficient, timely, reliable service to customers
• Ability to present information effectively
• Knowledge of real estate financial terms and principles
• Understanding or ability to learn approaches to real estate asset valuation
• Ability to interpret complex documents
• Analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Proficient in MS Word and MS Excel

Responsibilities

• Interact with appraisal vendors to place orders and negotiate fees and turn times
• Analyze accounts payable with vendors and report KPIs and metrics; track orders for timely completion
• Review and verify residential appraisal reports and data; cross-check appraiser estimates using online data
• Determine valuation method (cost, sales comparison, income) and identify property characteristics
• Prepare valuation analysis after reviewing data and documenting findings regarding appraiser estimates

Job description

Center Street Lending is one of the largest lenders for residential transition (fix/flip) and ground up loans for residential investors. Since its founding in 2010, Center Street has originated over $6.5 billion of fix/flip, ground-up, bridge and multi-family loans across 40 states. Center Street Lending provides expert guidance, fast approvals, speedy funding, and personalized in-house service that helps it retain one of the highest customer satisfaction ratings in the industry with 4.8/5.0 google stars.We provide tailored financial solutions designed to meet the unique needs of real estate developers and residential investors.

Center Street Lending is proud to be a registered “Great Place to Work”, listed on the 2025 #Inc 5000 list of fastest growing companies and featured in Scotsman Guide’s Top Lenders publication since 2023.

Website: www.centerstreetlending.com

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Interaction with external vendors (both appraisal management companies and individual appraisers) to place appraisal orders, or revisions of appraisal reports, including negotiating appropriate fees and turn times for these services
• Analysis of accounts payable with vendors, reporting on Key Performance Indicators and other metrics, tracking orders to ensure timely completion of services and follow up with vendors as needed
• Responsibilities also include examination/review of less complex residential appraisal reports; thorough examination and detailed data checking of all types of appraisal reports/forms, addendums and attachments associated with the appraisal report as well as verifying the appraiser’s estimated values using online data sources
• Determines valuation method by selecting approach and techniques for valuing property, i.e., cost, direct sales comparison, and income approach, identifying property characteristics and attributes
• Prepares valuation analysis after reviewing all data and documents findings regarding the appraiser’s estimated value(s)

Qualifications:

• Experience working in lender or valuation environment preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Ability to provide efficient, timely, reliable, and courteous service to customers
• Ability to effectively present information
• Requires knowledge of financial real estate terms and principles
• Understanding or ability to learn of approaches to value of real estate assets/going concern
• Ability to comprehend, analyze, and interpret complex documents
• Ability to solve problems involving several options in a situation
• Requires analytical and quantitative skills
• Must be proficient in MS Word and MS Excel