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The Award Review Process

Send your award to the opposing appraiser for review before signatures.

Intermediate6 min readUpdated 2024-12-06

You think you have a deal. The opposing appraiser nodded on the phone, agreed on the dwelling number, and said the contents figure "works." But verbal agreement is not the same as a signed award. If you draft the award letter, send it for signatures, and then the other side comes back with "wait, that is not what I agreed to," you have wasted a signing cycle and the relationship gets prickly.

The Award Review step is a soft handshake before the hard one. You send a simple Agree-or-Decline page with every line item laid out. They click, you see their response, and only then does the formal signature flow begin. If something is off, they tell you in writing before the document is locked, and you fix it without burning a SignWell envelope or starting an awkward "can we void this?" thread.

This is most useful when you are working with an opposing appraiser you do not know well, or on a larger award where mistakes are expensive, or any time you want documented agreement in the file before you involve signatures.

How It Works

1

Add Items

Complete award items

2

Send Review

Email to opposing

3

They Review

View award details

4

Response

Agree or decline

5

Signature

Proceed to signing

Sending for Review

1

Navigate to Award Letter Tab

Go to the appraisal and click "Award Letter".

2

Click "Send for Review"

Opens the review dialog with options.

3

Configure Settings

Set expiration days (default 14), reminder days (default 3 and 7).

4

Optional: Auto-send on Agreement

Check this to automatically send for signature when they agree.

5

Send the Request

Click "Send" to email the opposing appraiser.

What the Opposing Appraiser Sees

  • Award summary with all line items
  • RCV and ACV totals
  • Options to Agree or Decline
  • Ability to upload their own position estimate
  • Feedback field for comments

Pro Tip

Enable "Auto-send for signature on agreement" when you're confident the award will be accepted. This speeds up the process.

Expiration

Review requests expire! Follow up if no response is received before the expiration date.
Suggest an editLast updated 2024-12-06
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