Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from David Ikard will ensure you get it right.

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 a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like an appraiser, it's difficult for them to fully grasp their local real estate market.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you have invested in your home, or how much you want for it. Rather, the appraisal measures the true market value of your home.

Contact us for any questions regarding the specific services we offer for home sellers.

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

More and more AL homeowners are choosing to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But to do it right, quickly and to get the most you can, what you need is a skilled appraiser. The best thing to have is objective opinions, it's very difficult to take an objective look at 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.

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

  • Be a very beneficial negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
  • Call attention to any issues and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
  • Help prevent the chances of unknown problems that cause sales to backslide

It can be surprising to people when they find out that the value of their home is higher than they originally thought. So spending a little on an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they could have gotten originally. Others have an an overestimated impression of the value of their home, by getting an appraisal it 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. An overpriced 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 Tuscaloosa County

You might have a highly skillful 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. Let David Ikard help. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a precise writeup of your home's characteristics and a detailed analysis of the most recent and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

We also provide general consulting

Not sure if you need an entire appraisal but still need some information about the real estate market in your area? Maybe you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you'd still like some help collecting local property and sales data. We can provide assistance for your real estate decisions with services especially tailored for clients with your real estate needs.

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

  • We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We will give you personalized information for your particular appraisal need. We'll be more then happy to provide suggestions, just tell us what your situation is
  • Fast turnaround time: Usually in a weeks time or less from the date the request is received, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report formats that suit YOUR needs: When it comes to appraisal and consulting, "One size does NOT fit all." We offer a lot of different of types of reports, and have a lot of experience at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
  • Prompt response to follow-up questions: Reports we write are clearly written, understandable, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion regarding your appraisal, after you've read the report, we suggest that you email or call us!