Independent appraisal fees for Pinellas County have a median price of $350. New FHA appraisal guidlines state that appraisers shoul be paid "normal and customary fees". Appraisal management companies typical pay appraisers 40-70% of that amount. By doing so, they use inexperienced appraisers or appraisers who were not good enough in most cases to obtain and retain full fees. Tell me what you think.