Appraisal Services for Private Clients
Every assignment below is private-client work. Somebody who needs a defensible number engages me directly, and the report is written for them and for whoever is going to question it.
Estate and date of death
Estate, Probate, and Date-of-Death Appraisals
For executors, administrators, and the attorneys and CPAs working the estate.
Divorce and equitable distribution
Divorce and Equitable Distribution Appraisals
For either spouse, both jointly, or a family law attorney.
Property tax appeal
Property Tax Appeal Appraisals in Northwest Georgia
For owners who received an assessment notice and have 45 days to answer it.
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy Appraisals
For debtor's counsel, trustees, and debtors whose numbers will be contested.
Litigation support
Litigation Support and Expert Testimony
For counsel who need an appraisal that survives the other side reading it.
Pre-listing and FSBO
Pre-Listing and FSBO Appraisals
For sellers, FSBO sellers, and cash buyers who want a number with no commission attached.
Investor, rehab, and resale
Investor, Rehab, and Resale Appraisals
For investors who need as-is and as-repaired on the same assignment.
Not an appraisal
Home Measuring and Floor Plans to ANSI Z765
This is a measurement service only. No opinion of value is developed and the deliverable is not an appraisal.
Which one do I need?
- The owner diedestate, probate, and date-of-death appraisals
- You are dividing property in a divorcedivorce and equitable distribution appraisals
- The county sent an assessment noticeproperty tax appeal appraisals in northwest georgia
- Your attorney asked for a valuelitigation support and expert testimony
- A bankruptcy filing turns on the equitybankruptcy appraisals
- You are about to listpre-listing and fsbo appraisals
- You are buying to renovate and resellinvestor, rehab, and resale appraisals
If none of those describes your situation, call and describe it. Half of what I do does not fit a category neatly, and the intended use is what decides the assignment anyway.
What every assignment includes
- An inspection I perform myself. Not an assistant, not a trainee.
- Measurement to ANSI Z765-2021 as part of the appraisal, at no separate charge.
- A defined intended use and named intended users, settled before I begin.
- A stated effective date, which on many of these assignments is not today.
- Analysis from MLS, county and assessor records, GIS, and paired market data.
- Reasoning shown on the page, so the conclusion can be followed by whoever reads it next.
If an older link sent you here
I do not take those. Removing private mortgage insurance requires an appraisal ordered by your loan servicer through its own process, and an appraisal you order independently generally will not be accepted. Contact your servicer and ask what they require, so you do not pay for a report nobody will look at.