Getting an appraisal from A1 Appraisal Services before putting your Spring Lake home on the market saves you time and money.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, an appraisal is absolutely necessary. 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 an appraiser, it's practically impossible for them to get a handle on real estate market forces.

We are not talking about how much you have invested in your home, or the amount you need to get for it. Rather, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on your home's market value.

Contact us for details regarding our specialized services for home sellers.

For Sale By Owner?

More and more MI homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But to do it right, quickly and to get the most you can, you need a qualified appraiser. The best thing to have is objective opinions, it can be very difficult to be objective about your 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 sensible asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very helpful negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
  • Alert you of issues and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
  • Prevent the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to backslide

People are surprised when they find out the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they could have gotten originally. Alternatively, some people have an overestimated opinion of their home's value, and an appraisal gave then the assistance they needed in order to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of sitting on the market for months. Selling too high will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Spring Lake

Even if you have with a very skillful agent, it's definitely a good idea to have an objective third-party's opinion of your home's value to finalizing a listing agreement. And that's where A1 Appraisal Services comes in. An appraisal can be indispensable in a scenario like this. It will give both you and your agent a complete description of the unique features of your property which will give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a record of recent comparable properties in the area.

We also provide general consulting

Have you decided against an entire appraisal but still need some information about the health of your area's real estate? You might feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you need assistance analyzing local sales and property data. We have services tailored especially for consumers like you to help with your real estate decisions.

If your wondering what you'll be getting from us when ordering an appraisal just take a look....

  • Immediate response to your initial inquiry: We personalize information to the needs of our clients We'll be delighted to offer suggestions, just let us know what your situation is
  • Swift turnaround time: Usually one week or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've done a lot of assignments, and we know that practice of real estateconsulting and appraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "boiler place" report. We offer many different of report types, and have know how at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Fast to follow-up questions: When we write reports, 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. Should you have any confusion regarding your appraisal, after you've read the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!