Are you about to put your home up for sale? Are you nervous about the home selling process? Although selling a home is a huge deal, pricing it correctly doesn’t have to be. In this blog post, we’ll discuss how a pre-listing appraisal or even a post-listing appraisal can help sellers and Realtors when pricing [...]
Thank you to Joy Kay Raymond! Why You Should Have Your Home Professionally Measured! Remember 100% of the home measurement fees go directly back into the community, specifically, this quarter it goes to Friends of Sinners. Let’s partner together to give back to the community! Helping homeowners navigate the appraisal process, Ryan Bays, SRA, AI-RRS
Five Reasons Why You Should Have Your Home Measured by an Appraiser Few things can cause the sale of a home to fall through faster than a home that has been incorrectly measured, or not measured at all. However, there is an easy solution, and if you’re a seller or Realtor, you can even [...]
It’s finally time for the 2019 Year In Review! It’s taken a bit longer for us to put everything together this year for a couple of reasons. We’re busy. Wow! The market is incredibly hot right now. We’ve been working hard just trying to keep up! We’re doing something different this year, and including [...]
What Can I Count as Living Area? Enclosed Porches, basements, garages, bonus rooms, unfinished rooms. Does your home have any of these areas? Are you confused if you can count them in your home’s living area? In this blog post, we’ll answer the question we’ve heard from countless homeowners: “What can I count as [...]
What Makes a Room a Bedroom? One of the most confusing issues in real estate is bedroom count. Now, it sounds silly, I know, but it’s true! Is this a two or three bedroom home? Can I count that room as a bedroom? What about the rooms in the basement? Are those bedrooms? Don’t [...]
Anybody wanna go for a swim? As I write this blog post, it’s mid-December and currently cold & raining outside my office. Maybe I’m dreaming of summer already, I don’t know. Regardless, I thought I’d write a quick post about swimming pools and FHA appraisals. So let’s ‘jump’ right in! (Sorry. That was [...]
Here's a quick, helpful tip from Ryan for homeowners regarding unfinished remodel projects... Do you have any questions about this? We would love to hear from you! Helping homeowners navigate the appraisal process, Ryan Bays, SRA, AI-RRS
I recently took a call from a friend of mine who is a Realtor. She listed a home $20,000 higher than the most recent appraisal - which was completed earlier in the year when the homeowners refinanced their mortgage. And it just so happened that the same appraiser got the assignment for the new purchase, [...]
For many, the real estate appraisal process can be quite lengthy. It can take days to weeks to even get an appraiser out to your home, after you complete your loan application. The appraiser comes out to your home, completes the on-site inspection portion of the appraisal, and then usually anywhere from another day to [...]
