Appraisal services for home sellers - Residential Valuation Service, Inc.

Be an informed seller. Get an appraisal from Residential Valuation Service, Inc..

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in a professional appraisal. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays in the long run! Unless a homeowner studies real estate values on a day to day basis, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to understand the nuances of local real estate values.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you have invested in your home, or how much you want for it. Instead, the appraisal measures how much your home will bring on the open market.

Going to sell your home yourself?

Quite a few FL homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, with minimal waiting and to get the most you can, what you need is a qualified appraiser. You need objective opinions, we're human too, we understand its difficult hard to be objective about your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a sensible selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Be a very helpful negotiating tool when you find a potential buyer
Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
Alert you of issues and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
Help prevent the odds of unidentified problems that cause sales to flop

It can be surprising to people when they find out that their home's value is quite a bit more than they thought. So by taking the first step and spending a little on an appraisal allowed them to receive several thousand more than they originally expected. Alternatively, some people have an inflated impression when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal helped them to to realistically price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of waiting on the market for months. An overpriced home will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Seminole County

Even if you have with the most experienced agent, it's definitely a good idea to get an unbiased second opinion of value prior to finalizing a listing agreement. And that's where Residential Valuation Service, Inc. comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a precise summarizing of your home's characteristics and a detailed breakdown of the newest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

We also provide general consulting

Have you decided against a full appraisal but still need some information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? If you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you require some help analyzing local property and sales data. We can help solve your real estate quandaries with services especially designed for clients with your real estate needs.

If your wondering what to expect from when you order an appraisal just take a look....

Immediate response to your initial inquiry: We will give you information tailored for your particular appraisal need. Just let us know your situation and we will make suggestions.
Swift turnaround time: Typically in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: We've preformed many of assignments, and we've learned that practice of real estateconsulting and appraising there isn't a typical or standard, "boiler place" report. We provide a variety of types of reports, and have an abundance of experience at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
Fast to follow-up questions: When we deliver a report to our clients, we make sure they are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any questions regarding your appraisal, once you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!