Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Reliable Appraisals of Central Minnesota, LLC will ensure you get it right.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in a professional appraisal. Don't think of an appraisal as purely an expense; it pays in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's hard for them to get a handle on real estate market forces.

You, as a homeowner, might be focused on how much you have invested in 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. Something is only going to sell for what another person is going to pay.


	Contact us for any questions regarding our specialized services for home sellers.

Going to sell your home yourself?

Quite a few Minnesota homeowners are choosing 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, quickly and to get the most you can, what you need is a professional appraisal. You need an objective opinion, it can be very difficult to take an objective look at your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will explain to you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a sound selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Be a very valuable bargaining tool once you have a potential buyer
Put buyers at ease with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
Alert you of problems and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
Help lower the chances of unknown problems that cause sales to go up in smoke

It can be surprising to people when they find out that their home's value is higher than they first thought. So spending a little on a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they thought they would get. Others have an an inflated impression of their home's value, and by getting an appraisal it gave them the assistance they needed in order to set a more reasonable price for their home - allowing them to quickly sell it - rather than waiting on the market for months. Asking too much for a home will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

We also help agents price homes in Cass County

You may have a highly talented agent, but it's definitely a good idea to get an analysis of your home's value before finalizing a listing contract. Reliable Appraisals of Central Minnesota, LLC can help. An appraisal can be indispensable in a scenario like this. It will give both you and your agent a complete breakdown of your property and its features which will give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a record of the latest comparable properties in the area.

We also are available for general consulting

If you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you'd still like assistance gathering local sales and property data, we can be a resource for your real estate concerns with services especially designed for customers with your real estate needs.

When you order an appraisal report from us, expect the following....

Fast response to your initial inquiry: We will give you information tailored for your individual appraisal need. Just tell us your situation, and we will make suggestions.
Fast turnaround time: Normally one week or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a PDF ready for you to download from our site or in your e-mail.
Appraisal and consulting report presentations to suit YOUR needs: We've worked on a large amount of assignments, and we understand that in the practice of real estate appraising, there is no typical or standard "boiler place" assignment. We offer a variety of types of reports and have know how at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be real estate attorney to understand it.
Prompt to follow-up questions: Reports we create are clearly written, understandable, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. If you have any inquiries about your appraisal once you've read the report, just give us a call or email us!