If you’re serious about building income with Broker Price Opinions (BPOs), there’s one golden rule you can’t afford to bend: always meet your submission deadlines.
Deadlines Are the Currency of Trust
Every valuation company lives and dies by its ability to deliver timely reports to their bank, investor, or asset manager clients. When they assign you a BPO, they’re putting their own reputation in your hands. Miss the deadline, and it’s not just your order at risk—it’s their relationship too. Consistently late submissions send a message that you can’t be relied upon, and your name will slide to the bottom of their vendor list.
How Deadlines Impact Your Income
Agents sometimes think, “What’s the harm in being a few hours late?” Here’s the reality:
- Order reassignment: The company will yank it and give it to someone else.
- Reduced volume: Late reports flag your profile and reduce how many orders you’re offered.
- Payment delays: In some cases, late work slows down your pay cycle or results in fee reductions.
- Lost opportunities: Being known as dependable can open doors to premium orders (interior inspections, higher-fee products). Being known as unreliable closes them just as fast.
Bottom line: treat deadlines like your paycheck depends on them—because it does.
Tips to Stay Ahead of Deadlines
- Build buffer time. If the deadline is 48 hours, aim to submit in 24. That cushion saves you from last-minute issues.
- Organize your calendar. Sync your BPO orders into Google Calendar, Outlook, or a project manager app so nothing falls through the cracks.
- Batch your workflow. Do your data pulls, comps, and write-ups in set blocks of time each day to maximize efficiency.
- Have a backup. If life happens (it will), have a photographer or data-entry partner you can call to step in.
Professionalism Pays Off
Meeting BPO deadlines consistently does more than keep you in good standing—it positions you as a professional. Valuation companies notice the agents who never make excuses and always deliver. Those are the agents who see their order volume (and income) grow.
If you want to build a predictable side income—or even a full-time business—through BPOs, hitting deadlines every time is non-negotiable.
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