Appraisal services for home sellers - Tradewind Appraisals

Getting an appraisal from Tradewind Appraisals before putting your Coffee 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. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays in the long run! Unless a homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like an appraiser, it's difficult for them to understand the nuances of real estate market forces.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or how much you want for it. Instead, the appraisal measures how much your home will bring on the open market.

Appraisals are valuable tools for people selling without an agent

Quite a few AL homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But to do it right, with minimal waiting and for top dollar, what you need is 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 inform you of 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:

Give you an advantage while negotiating while speaking with a potential buyer
Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
Make you aware of problems and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might hold-up a closing
Decrease the possibility of unidentified problems that cause sales to go up in smoke

Folks are sometimes surprised to discover the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So by taking the first step and investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they originally thought. Alternatively, some people have an inflated opinion of their home's value, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to realistically price their home in order for it to sell quickly rather than sitting on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a comprehensive appraisal before listing

You may have an extremely skilled agent but it's in your best interest to get an unbiased second opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. Tradewind Appraisals can help. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a precise writeup of your home's features and a detailed breakdown of the most recent and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Serving AL with the finest real estate consulting services

Not wanting to get an entire appraisal but would like some information about how real estate is doing in your area? If you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you'd still like some help collecting local property and sales data. We offer services tailored especially for clients like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

If your curious what you'll be getting from us when you order an appraisal just take a look....

Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We will give you information tailored for your particular appraisal need. We'll be thrilled to provide suggestions, just tell us what your situation is
Swift turnarounds on appraisals: Normally one week or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
Appraisal and consulting report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: We've done a large amount of assignments, and we've learned that practice of real estateconsulting and appraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "boiler place" report. We offer a variety of report types, and are experts at providing appraisals to clients sans the in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
Prompt response to follow-up questions: Documents we deliver are clearly written, simple to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. Should you have any questions dealing your appraisal, once you've read the report, we suggest that you email or call us!