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Understanding Zillow’s Square Footage is Important!

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

So, first of all, thank you for being here to read articles from my blog! I know most of my readers are interested in appraisal and real estate-related topics. FINISHED SQUARE FOOTAGE On more than one occasion some who have read my appraisal reports felt that my opinion of value was too high.

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The Difference Between Pricing a Property and Appraising It

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

In recent years, on several occasions, I have been hired to appraise a property after a valuation service was provided for my client by another real estate professional. They had hired the former real estate professional to value their property for the purpose of a divorce. That’s right!

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Zillow Zinged

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Zestimate…Ten Properties ” and finally, “ iBuyers…The Pawn Shops of Real Estate “ Obviously, this topic is of interest to me, seeing is that value is my profession. However, I believe that they’ve put too much value in their “values” Valuation is not their expertise.

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3 Things An Appraisal Should Tell You That You May Not Know

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

With the massive amount of technology available to anyone who can access the internet, you might wonder why bother getting a real property appraisal? Isn’t that all that appraisers do? Slap a few sales in a report, and make a few guesstimate adjustments to come up with their opinion of a property’s value?

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The “Science” Behind Residential vs. Commercial Real Estate Appraisal

The Robert Weiler Company

The question is, how exactly is property value determined? And how does the real estate appraisal process work? The following article delves into the “science” of residential and commercial real estate appraisal and discusses the steps to succeed. Recent sales of comparable properties.

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Market Value: Who Says What It Is?

McKissock

Property appraisers don’t dictate what the value is. We merely research and analyze market data to interpret and then report what the market says the value is. Many years ago, an appraiser friend (Ben was his name) asked me to go along on a challenging appraisal assignment to aid in data collection.

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How Residential Real Estate Appraisers Can Benefit and Help Accountants Do Their Job

Birmingham Appraisal

Appraisers Helping Accountants In the realm of real estate transactions, residential appraisers play an important role in providing accurate valuations. Their expertise goes beyond helping buyers and sellers determine accurate market value.