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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.

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Helping Lenders Navigate the Commercial Real Estate Appraisal Process

Simonson Real Estate

Our goal is helping our clients make sound investment decisions and solve real estate problems to achieve their financial and business goals. Understanding the perspectives of the appraiser and bank appraisal review department helps lenders communicate with the borrower at the onset of the real estate financing process.

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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 “valuesValuation is not their expertise.

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Loosening The Knot

Appraisal Buzz

Of course, this applies to the work of real estate appraisal as well. Striving to look through the microscope of empirical thought, we must not forget that our subject is more than real property, it is real people. It is the work of a therapist and their client to carefully untie those knots.

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Navigating the Appraisal Process – What You Need to Know

Simonson Real Estate

While commercial appraisals are a central part of evaluating real estate, the appraisal process itself can be frustrating and confusing – primarily since each assessment depends on the scope and nature of the specific property. Value Scenarios. What is Market Value As Is and When is it Used? Note that U.S.

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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? Slap a few sales in a report, and make a few guesstimate adjustments to come up with their opinion of a property’s value? That can have a big impact on market value.

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How to Choose a Real Estate Appraiser

McCarthy Appraisal Blog

How to Choose a Real Estate Appraiser? An appraisal is a professional appraiser’s unbiased and impartial opinion of value based on the condition of the property, prevailing real estate prices and other factors. An independent appraisal sets a benchmark value for your real estate.