If you’re going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. An appraisal doesn’t cost that much and it pays you in the long run! Unless the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like a professional appraiser does, it’s hard for them to understand the nuances of local real estate values.
This isn’t a discussion of the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want to sell it for. Rather, the appraisal measures how much your home will bring on the open market.
Quite a few CA homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But if you’re going to do it right, with minimal waiting and for top dollar, what you need is a expert appraiser. You need objective opinions, it can be very difficult to take an objective look at own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will inform you of what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.
Not only will getting a professional appraisal help you set a astute selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:
It can be surprising to people to discover the value of their home is higher than they first thought. So investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they expected they would get. Others have an an exaggerated impression when they put a value on their home, by getting an appraisal it gave then the assistance they needed in order to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly rather than sitting on the market for months. Selling too high will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done
You may have an extremely skilled agent but it’s definitely a good idea to get an unbiased second opinion of your home’s value to finalizing a listing agreement. D. Michael Rogers can help. An appraisal can be invaluable in a scenario like this. You and agent will get a detailed breakdown of the unique features of your property which will give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a detailed analysis of the latest comparable properties in the area.
Have you decided against an entire appraisal but would like some information about how real estate is doing in your area? You might feel like you don’t need an “appraisal” but you’d still like assistance gathering local sales and property data. We have services designed for the needs of consumers like you to assist with your real estate decisions.
Here’s what you can expect when you place an order for an appraisal from us….