Certified Residential Appraiser — Detroit, Michigan
Company: Greenlight Valuation
Location: Detroit, Michigan and surrounding markets
Pay: $50,000–$150,000 per year
Job Type: Full-time / Contract to start
Work Location: On the road
Overview
Greenlight Valuation is hiring a Certified Residential Appraiser in the Detroit market.
We are building a modern appraisal company with a strong front office, trained data entry support, current appraisal technology, internal quality control, and leadership that understands the appraisal process.
This role is for an appraiser who wants to produce quality reports, communicate well, hit deadlines, and be part of a growth-minded team. You will not be left on an island. Greenlight provides an in-house front office team, trained data entry assistants, appraising technology, and a QC process designed to help you deliver credible reports on time.
We are bullish on where the appraisal profession is going. With the right appraisers, support team, technology, and marketing/production machine, we believe there is a real opportunity to build something special.
This is not a “do whatever you want whenever you want” position. There will be expectations. We care deeply about on-time delivery, quality, communication, professionalism, and being receptive to feedback.
What You’ll Do:
Scheduling & Inspections
You will schedule inspections promptly and professionally. Inspections should be scheduled within 24 hours of assignment whenever possible.
If you show promise and perform well, there may be additional revenue-generating opportunities through trainee utilization and team-based production.
Greenlight provides structured trainee onboarding and field-support resources, so trainee development is not placed solely on the supervisory appraiser. We want strong appraisers to earn more, increase capacity, and still maintain quality.
You will also upload the complete inspection package in a timely manner, including photos, labels, sketch/measurements, and field notes.
Analysis & Report Completion
You will select comparable sales and listings, analyze competing and neighborhood market data, develop credible adjustments, reconcile value, and ensure the report is supportable and compliant.
Greenlight provides support tools, templates, data entry assistance, and training resources. You remain the signing appraiser and are responsible for credible results, compliance, and professional judgment.
Communication & Professional Standards
You will provide proactive updates throughout the order process, including scheduling, inspection status, analysis progress, QC readiness, and any issues that may affect delivery.
We are relationship-driven. Clients want fewer surprises, clear communication, reliable turn times, and confidence that the assignment is being handled professionally.
How Support Works at Greenlight
You are not doing everything alone. Our team is built to support production, quality, and communication.
Front Office Team
Order intake, client communication, status updates, document management, and administrative support.
Data Entry Assistants
Trained support staff to help with report setup, form population, document formatting, exhibit assembly, MLS/assessor imports where available, and other non-appraiser judgment tasks.
Technology Stack
We are actively using and evaluating modern appraisal tools to improve speed, accuracy, consistency, and training. We expect appraisers to be open to better ways of working.
Internal QC Process
Reports are reviewed internally by multiple appraisers within our organization. The goal is not to nitpick. The goal is to protect client relationships, reduce revisions, improve quality, and help everyone get better.
Performance Expectations:
Greenlight is a high-support environment, but it is also a high-accountability environment.
We care about:
On-Time Delivery Reports must be delivered on time. Our internal QC deadline is 24 hours before the client due date whenever possible.
Quality Reports Reports should be credible, well-supported, clearly communicated, and consistent with client/lender expectations.
Internal Review Reports will go through internal QC and may be reviewed by multiple appraisers within the organization.
Receptiveness to Feedback We are looking for appraisers who want to improve. If feedback makes you defensive, this probably is not the right fit.
Communication Proactive communication is required. We expect consistent updates, quick responses, and early notice when there is a potential issue.
Immediate concerns include ethics/USPAP issues, license standing problems, repeated compliance errors, poor communication, or late reports without a documented client extension or valid reason.
Compensation
Our goal is simple: we want the right appraiser to make more money per hour than they are making right now.
We have built a production model where strong appraisers can benefit from better support, better workflow, better technology, and eventually more revenue-generating opportunities through trainee utilization and team-based production.
If you bring your own client relationships or work into Greenlight, we will compensate you for that as well. You will still receive the full benefit of our front office, data entry support, technology, QC process, and production systems, and we will pay a premium on work you bring in. The goal is for that structure to make it very likely you earn more per hour than you would handling the same work completely on your own.
Specific compensation structure will depend on experience, role fit, production capacity, quality, client source, and whether the relationship is structured as contract or employee.
Volume
We can provide case studies to give you a realistic idea of how volume may develop.
It may take time to get fully up and running. In some cases, we may start with lower-fee clients to get the ball rolling, build momentum, prove the workflow, and create a foundation for better long-term opportunities.
We are confident in our marketing and production machine, but this is still a professional relationship with expectations on both sides. The right appraiser will see the bigger picture and help us build something that compounds over time.
Requirements
- Certified Residential Appraiser in Michigan
- FHA eligible
- No lender, AMC, or regulatory blacklists
- License in good standing
- Detroit market competency
- Strong understanding of USPAP and lender/client requirements
- Reliable scheduling and deadline discipline
- Strong communication skills
- Willingness to use team-based workflow, data entry support, internal QC, and appraisal technology
- Receptive to feedback and committed to quality
- Proficiency with common appraisal software and tools preferred
Who This Is a Fit For
This role may be a strong fit if you:
- Want more support around you
- Want to focus more time on appraiser judgment and less time on admin drag
- Care about quality and credibility
- Communicate well
- Hit deadlines
- Are open to technology and workflow improvement
- Want future opportunities to increase income through team-based production
- Like working with leadership that understands the profession and is building for the future
- Have existing client relationships and want support that helps you serve them better
Who This Is Not a Fit For
This is probably not a fit if you:
- Regularly miss deadlines
- Dislike communication
- Do not want feedback
- Prefer to work completely alone with no process
- Resist technology and workflow improvements
- Cut corners on analysis or support
- Want volume without accountability
How to Stand Out
We care more about fit, attitude, reliability, and coachability than how long someone has been doing appraisals.
Experience matters, but “I’ve been doing it this way for 20 years” is not the same thing as being a great fit for Greenlight.
You will stand out if you:
- Cover a wide portion of the Detroit market
- Communicate quickly and professionally
- Schedule inspections fast
- Deliver reports early
- Produce quality work with low revision risk
- Are receptive to feedback and internal QC
- Have a positive, team-first attitude
- Are comfortable using technology and improving your workflow
- Want to grow with a company instead of simply receiving orders
- Care about the client experience, not just completing the report
The best fit is someone who combines appraiser judgment with humility, speed, communication, and a willingness to work inside a system. We are not looking for someone stuck in the past. We are looking for someone who wants to help build the future of appraisal production.
About Greenlight Valuation
Greenlight Valuation is building a modern, relationship-driven appraisal company focused on quality, reliable delivery, strong communication, and scalable production.
We believe the future of the appraisal profession will belong to appraisers and companies that combine credible judgment with better systems, better support, and better technology.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Greenlight Valuation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion/creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other status protected by law.
To Apply
Please submit:
- Resume or appraisal-focused work history
- Michigan certification/license number
- Confirmation of FHA eligibility
- Counties/ZIP codes you cover in the Detroit market
- Brief note about your current appraisal workflow and what you would want from a strong support team
- 3 sample reports
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: $50,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year
Work Location: On the road
