In the article [Md. court rules ‘appraising property not an exact science’ [Valuation Review]](http://www.valuationreview.com/cgi-bin/udt/um.logon?client_id=appraisalintelligence&return_url=/pub/news/headlines/4636-1.html)

“A U.S. District Court in Maryland denied a debtor’s bankruptcy appeal that was founded on claims that the bankruptcy judge erroneously judged the value of her property.”

[Appraisal: Art Or Science? [RealtyTimes]](http://realtytimes.com/rtcpages/20041011_appraisal.htm)

Here’s my position on appraising as an art or science:

>This point has been debated for eons. I always
>found that when appraisers have said appraising
>is an art, they usually didn’t have good comps.

The appraisal process includes many points of subjective interpretation and thats the “art”. Adjustments and theory, thats the science. When I hear the use of this phrase I think of the artist Jason Pollock, splattering paint all over a canvas shouting “Here’s The Value!”

As appraisers, please don’t resort to this sort of phraseology, its corny and dilutes our professionalism.