Getting an appraisal from West Michigan Appraisers before putting your Allegan County home on the market saves you time and money.

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays you in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to understand the nuances of local real estate values.

This isn't a discussion of 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.

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

Going to sell your home yourself?

Quite a few MI homeowners are choosing to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But to do it right, with minimal waiting and for top dollar, you need a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, it's very difficult to take an objective look at 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 can getting a professional appraisal help you set a realistic asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Give you an advantage while negotiating once you have a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
  • Call attention to any problems and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
  • Help lower the odds of unknown problems that cause sales to backslide

People are surprised when they find out that their home's value is higher than they originally thought. So investing in a professional appraisal allowed them to receive thousands more than they expected they would get. Alternatively, some people have an inflated assessment of the value of 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. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a comprehensive appraisal before listing

Even if you have with an extremely talented agent, it's in your best interest to get an unbiased second opinion of your home's value to finalizing a listing agreement. And that's where West Michigan Appraisers comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a precise writeup of your home's features and a detailed breakdown of the latest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

Sometimes it's useful to have a general resource for local real estate knowledge

Not wanting to get a full appraisal but would like some information about the real estate market in your area? If you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you need some help collecting local property and sales data. We can provide assistance for your real estate decisions with services especially designed for customers with your real estate needs.

This is a little bit of what to expect when you order an appraisal from us....

  • Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We will give you personalized information for your individual appraisal need. Just let us know your situation and provide suggestions.
  • Swift turnaround time: Usually in a weeks time or less from the date the request is received, 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 worked on a large amount of assignments, and we know that whether it's real estateconsulting and appraising there is no typical or standard, "boiler place" assignment. We provide quite a few different of types of reports, and have a lot of experience at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Fast reply to follow-up questions: When we write reports, we make sure they are clearly written, understandable, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. If you have any inquiries dealing your appraisal, once you've read through the report, we suggest that you email or call us!