Appraisal services for home sellers - Great Plains Appraisal, Inc.

Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Great Plains Appraisal, Inc. will ensure you get it right.

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it's worth the money in the long run! Unless the homeowner studies real estate values on a day to day basis, like an appraiser, it's hard for them to understand local real estate values.

We are not talking about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want for it. Instead, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on the true market value of your home.

Appraisals are valuable tools for families selling without an agent

More and more NE homeowners are deciding 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, with minimal waiting and to get the most you can, you need a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, we're human too, we understand its difficult hard 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:

Allow you to have the edge while bargaining while speaking with a potential buyer
Put buyers at ease 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 delay a closing
Lower the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to flop

People are surprised when they find out that their home's value is higher than they first thought. So investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they originally expected. Others have an an overestimated assessment of their home's value, and an appraisal helped them to to realistically price their home allowing them to quickly sell it rather than waiting on the market for months. An overpriced home rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a professional value opinion before listing

Even if you're working with the most experienced agent, it's definitely a good idea to get an objective third-party's opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. Great Plains Appraisal, Inc. can help. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a definitive description of your home's characteristics and a detailed breakdown of the newest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

A resource for for local real estate knowledge

Not sure if you need a full appraisal but still need some information about how real estate is doing in your area? If you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you require some help collecting local sales and property data. We can be a resource for your real estate dilemmas with services especially tailored for consumers with your real estate needs.

After you order an appraisal report through , expect the following....

We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a immediate response: We will give you information tailored for your individual appraisal need. We'll be more then happy to give you suggestions, just let us know what your situation is
Swift turnarounds for appraisals: Normally in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: We've preformed a large amount of assignments, and we've learned that in the business of real estateconsulting and appraising there is no typical or standard, "boiler place" assignment. We offer quite a few different 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 qualified loan officer to read it.
Any follow up questions? You can expect a quick follow-up from Great Plains Appraisal, Inc.: When we deliver a report to our clients, we make sure they 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 inquiries regarding your appraisal, after you've read the report, we encourage you to email or call us!