Often, you may need to order a second appraisal or a re-inspection product to supplement your first completed appraisal. You can place orders for subsequent appraisal products from within MeridianLink Mortgage (formerly LendingQB) to Appraisal Firewall and retrieve them back into MeridianLink Mortgage. By default, these products will be attached to the same loan file, and will appear in your EDocs folders within MeridianLink Mortgage. The process for ordering a second appraisal or re-inspection is very similar to ordering your first appraisal.
1. Locate and open the loan file in MeridianLink Mortgage (formerly LendingQB) that you would like to place the order on.
2. Click the Loan Number of the order.
3. Click on the Appraisal Firewall vendor to launch the website.
4. Sign In to Appraisal Firewall.
5. When the appraisal order opens, find the action panel on the right-hand side of your screen. You will see options to Order 2nd Appraisal, and Order Reinspection.
6. Follow the same steps you did previously to place the order for your product.
7. This order will also take a few days to complete based on the Date Required that you specify on your order. Once it is completed, you will receive an automatic email message sent to the email address you use to login to Appraisal Firewall with.
8. When you receive this email, you can open MeridianLink Mortgage, locate and open the loan file within your Pipeline and click the Edit button.
9. Navigate to the EDocs folder along the left and select Document List. Completed orders will be present in your list of documents here. Find the appraisal, click the Action link, then click the View PDF link to view and download the report.