Appraisal services for home sellers - Cheri McCulley

Getting an appraisal from Cheri McCulley before putting your Red Lodge home on the market saves you time and money.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in a professional appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays you in the long run! Unless a homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to understand their local real estate market.

While important, an appraisal is not about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you need to get for it. Instead, the appraisal measures how much your home will bring on the open market.

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

More and more MT homeowners are choosing to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, quickly and for top dollar, you need a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, it's very difficult 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.

In addition to helping you set a astute selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Be a very beneficial negotiating tool while speaking with a potential buyer
Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
Make you aware of issues and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might hold-up a closing
Help decrease the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to go up in smoke

Folks are sometimes surprised when they find out their home's value is more than they originally believed. So by taking the first step and investing in a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they originally expected. Others have an an inflated opinion of their home's value, and an appraisal helped them to to set a more reasonable price their home allowing them to quickly sell it instead of gathering dust on the market for months. An overpriced home will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

Get a professional value opinion before listing

You might have an extremely experienced agent but it's in your best interest to have an objective third-party's opinion of your home's value to finalizing a listing agreement. Cheri McCulley can help. An appraisal can be extremely helpful in this scenario. It will give both you and your agent a detailed breakdown of your property and its features which will give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a detailed analysis of recent comparable properties in the area.

We also offer general consulting

Don't need an entire appraisal but are looking for information about the real estate market in your area? You might feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you still want some help collecting local sales and property data. We have services designed for the needs of customers like you to help with your real estate decisions.

Here's what to expect when you place an order for an appraisal through us....

We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We tailor information to the needs of our clients We'll be thrilled to give you suggestions, just tell us what your situation is
Fast turnarounds on appraisals: Usually in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: We've preformed a large amount of assignments, and we understand that when it comes real estateconsulting and appraising there is no typical or standard, "cookie cutter" assignment. We provide a variety of types of reports, and have know how at providing appraisals to clients without so much of industry jargon in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
Any follow up questions? You can expect a prompt follow-up from Cheri McCulley: When we write reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, understandable, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. Should you have any questions dealing your appraisal, once you've read the report, just give us a call or email us!