Adding and Verifying an Appraisal License

If you are an appraiser, you need to add your appraisal license to your profile. You can do this yourself, or an administrator at your company with access to user profiles can do it for you, from Users → the appraiser's profile. A valid license is required for eligibility to receive any appraisal assignments.

Only appraiser licenses can be added

A license on Dwelling Blocks is an individual appraiser license, verified against the National Registry at ASC.gov. If you cannot find yourself there, the license cannot be verified on Dwelling Blocks either.

• Company, AMC and other business licenses cannot be added. They are not in the ASC appraiser registry, so there is nothing to verify them against.
• Trainee licenses cannot be added either. A trainee cannot be verified or hold an assignment in their own right, but the licensed appraiser on an assignment can give them access to it — see "Trainee Licenses" below.
• Licenses belong to people, not to the company. Each appraiser on your team needs their own user, with their own license on their own profile. An administrator can invite as many appraisers as the company needs — see Adding, Editing and Removing Users.

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How to Add Your Appraisal License

• Go to your User Profile in Dwelling Blocks

• Click Add License

• Upload your license file or enter license details as prompted (state, license number, dates, check certifications).

• Click Save License.

Let the file fill the form in

Drag your licence onto the upload area rather than typing the details. A PDF or image up to 4.5MB is read automatically, and the state, licence number, issue and expiration dates, and the certification checkboxes are filled in for you.

Always check what came back before saving — the license number, the dates and the certification boxes are all worth a second look. Depending on the quality of the file - a low-resolution scan or photo, for example - the system can occasionally misread a digit, so it's worth confirming the number matches your license exactly.

If the document cannot be read you will see Couldn't Process License Document, and you can simply enter the details by hand. Nothing is lost.

How to Update a License You Already Added

1. Go to your profile page.
2. Find the License card and click the three dots at the top right.
3. Select Update license.
4. Change what you need — the license number, the dates, or the certifications.
5. Click Save License.

The issue date is the one field that doesn't really work as free text: verification checks it against what ASC.gov has on file, so typing something different won't make it stick. If the date looks wrong, that means ASC.gov's own record needs to catch up — see "If ASC has not caught up yet" below, not a reason to re-enter it by hand.

Certifications open up more offers

The same dialog holds the FHA / USDA certification checkboxes. If your license carries a certification and it is not ticked here, you will not be offered the assignments that require it — worth checking if you are seeing fewer offers than you expect.

License Verification Steps

• After submitting your license, Dwelling Blocks checks it with ASC.gov.
• Only verified licenses allow you to get assignments.
• You’ll get an email when the license is verified, or if the system needs more info.

What To Do If License Verification Fails

• Double check that your last name matches exactly as shown on your license.
• Confirm your license number is correct.
• Make sure your license is active and listed at ASC.gov.
• Try using “Refresh” or “Update License” in the system to re-verify.
• If you’re sure your info is correct but it still fails a few times, wait a while and try again—sometimes ASC.gov may be down or delayed.
• If it still will not verify, use Get Support — we will be happy to help you resolve it.

If your last name does not match ASC

Verification compares your name against the ASC record, so a married name, a hyphen, or a middle initial is enough to fail it.

Set your last name in your Dwelling Blocks profile to match ASC exactly, click Refresh on the license to revalidate, and once it verifies you can change your name back.

If your license keeps showing as expired

Start by looking yourself up on ASC.gov and opening your record. Dwelling Blocks shows the same expiration date that ASC has on file:

• If ASC also shows the license as expired, it is expired as far as verification is concerned, even if you received a "verified" email earlier. Renew with your state, or if you already have, see "If ASC has not caught up yet" below. Nothing on Dwelling Blocks can override it.
• If ASC shows the renewal, check the license number on your profile.

A single wrong digit means verification looks up a different or older record on ASC, so it keeps finding the old expiration date.

Open the License card on your Profile page, click the three dots and select Update license. Compare the license number digit by digit with your license, correct anything that is off, and save. It revalidates from there. If the number is right, the next section is the likely cause.

If ASC has not caught up yet

ASC typically takes a few days to reflect a renewal or a change, and verification will keep failing against the old record until it does. Waiting is usually the answer.

If it drags on, you can ask ASC directly using their contact form.

If your state re-issues license numbers, leave your Dwelling Blocks license exactly as it is until ASC shows the new number. Your existing license stays active and valid in the meantime, and changing it early will only fail verification.

Trainee Licenses

Dwelling Blocks does not support trainee licenses, so a trainee cannot be verified or hold an assignment in their own right.

If a trainee needs to work on an assignment, the licensed appraiser holding it can use Add Additional Assignee to give them access to the order. See Assignment Features.

Extra Tips

• You can add multiple licenses if needed.
• If ASC.gov doesn’t show your updated info, contact them directly before retrying in Dwelling Blocks.