Curiosity About Drawing New Business to Appraisal Firm
Hey there, I was hoping to get some opinions/advice from other appraisers in here about how you drive new business to your shops. With support from about half our guys, I am trying to get us away from traditional mortgage work. So far we have been able to pick up some easement/taking work, which has been really interesting. We've also picked up some tax appeal work over last year or so. 

Currently, i'd say the shop is about a 70/30 split with mortgage work compared to anything else. I'd love to try to get flipped, as i've seen mortgage work tends to be the most sensitive to fees, *usually* take longer to pay than other clients, this field slows down when the market is steady like now, and we have to spend a lot of time after report delivery with lenders explaining this or that.

So, I was curious what have any of you done to drive in new work? Tax appeal, feasibility studies, estate work, city, county, and state work ect.   Are there any designations you've seen help more than another, or particular groups to belong to? I'm young in the job (late 20's), and digging into this I kinda feel like a dog getting distracted by multiple passing cars i'm trying to chase, so i'm kinda learning everything as I go. 

Appreciate anything you all can help with or suggest.

Thanks
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