R3 AMC is an appraiser-owned appraisal management company headquartered in Henderson, Nevada, providing residential appraisal management to mortgage lenders nationwide. Founded in 2015 by Brent Jones, a former Fannie Mae senior analyst with over 30 years of appraisal experience, R3 AMC delivers AIR and Dodd-Frank compliant appraisals with an average five business day turnaround.
At a glance
The Service
R3 AMC manages the residential appraisal process on your behalf, from the moment the order is placed to the moment the report is delivered. That covers four things:
Orders are assigned automatically to a qualified appraiser from a panel of more than 500 active appraisers, with over 20,000 in the wider database. Automated assignment is what keeps the process compliant with appraiser independence rules.
Delivery benchmarks are established from day one and enforced, with proactive status updates throughout so you are never chasing an appraisal to find out where it is.
Every report is reviewed before it reaches you, against USPAP standards and agency guidelines.
Reports are delivered complete and compliant, with an SLA commitment to never hold up a closing.
R3 AMC was founded in 2015 by practicing appraisers who set out to build an AMC they would want to work for themselves. That shapes how the company operates: fair fees to appraisers, respectful relationships, and open communication.
Who We Work With
R3 AMC supports:
The company also works with non-mortgage professionals nationwide, including attorneys, accountants and executors who need defensible valuations.
Coverage
R3 AMC handles residential appraisals across every major mortgage product.
VA appraisals are not currently handled. Everything else in residential lending is covered.
Compliance
Appraisal independence is a federal requirement under the Dodd-Frank Act. It prohibits anyone with a financial interest in a mortgage transaction from influencing, coercing or selecting the appraiser.
Every appraisal is reviewed against USPAP standards and against Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA guidelines. All appraisers are independent contractors, and technology tools assist the process without replacing licensed professional judgment.
Early Warning
The Heads-Up program is R3 AMC's early notification system. It alerts you when an appraisal is likely to come in below contract price, before the final report is delivered.
That advance warning gives you and your loan officers time to prepare the borrower and work the options, whether that is renegotiation, additional cash to close, or a Reconsideration of Value. It is the difference between managing a gap and being blindsided by one at closing.
The difference between a closing that holds and one that collapses is usually how much warning everybody had.
Appraisal gaps are a regular challenge in competitive markets where buyers bid above asking price. Heads-Up exists to give lenders time to do something about them.
Risk Cover
The industry's first insured appraisal solution, built by R3 AMC to address both overvaluation inaccuracy and undervaluation caused by appraisal bias.
For a lender, that turns appraisal bias from an open-ended exposure into a covered one.
Regulatory Change
UAD 3.6 updates the standardised data fields and formats for appraisals submitted to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It brings more structured field requirements affecting reporting, neighborhood analysis and comparable selection.
R3 AMC is a preferred beta tester for UAD 3.6 and is taking the lead in training both lenders and appraisers on the change.
If your current AMC has not raised UAD 3.6 with you yet, that is worth knowing before the deadline rather than after it.
Turnaround varies with property type, location and market conditions. Delivery benchmarks are set at the start of the relationship and enforced from there.
SLA commitment: never hold up a closing.
Account Management
One of the most common frustrations lenders bring to R3 AMC is shifting contacts inside their previous AMC. Every call starts from the beginning, and nobody owns the problem.
R3 AMC uses a dedicated account-management approach, so you deal with people who know your files, your overlays and your closing calendar.
Common Questions
R3 AMC serves mortgage lenders nationwide. The company is registered as R3 Appraisal Management, LLC in Nevada, with additional state registrations in Florida, California and Texas, and covers assignments through a panel of more than 500 active appraisers with over 20,000 in its database.
Yes. R3 AMC operates AIR-compliant processes on every assignment, assigns appraisers automatically so no interested party selects the appraiser, and conducts quality control reviews that assess the report without influencing the value conclusion.
R3 AMC averages five business days from order to delivery, with an SLA commitment to never hold up a closing. Delivery benchmarks are established at onboarding and enforced from day one, with proactive status updates throughout.
Yes. R3 AMC uses a dedicated account-management approach rather than a rotating support queue, which is a direct response to one of the most common complaints lenders raise about previous AMCs.
R3 AMC supports the ROV process in full and has built proprietary automations through ValueTest.ai that significantly reduce how often ROVs are needed. Where an ROV is necessary, it is handled in full compliance with appraisal independence requirements.
Next Steps
Reach R3 AMC on (702) 658-1191 or at orders@r3amc.com, or submit the form on the contact page.
Ask to see ValueTest.ai and Listing Agent Engage. Both are proprietary and neither is something you will see elsewhere.
Delivery benchmarks are set with you at the start, so expectations are agreed before the first order rather than negotiated after a missed one.