Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from FORREST & ASSOCIATES will ensure you get it right.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in 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 practically impossible for them to understand the nuances of real estate market forces.

This isn't a discussion of the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you need to get for it. Instead, the appraisal measures your home's market value.

Contact us for any questions regarding services specialized for home sellers.

Selling yourself instead of using a real estate agent and need help with pricing?

Quite a few AL homeowners are choosing 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, quickly and to get the most you can, what you need is a skilled appraiser. The best thing to have is objective opinions, it can be very difficult to be objective about your 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.

In addition to helping you set a astute asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very helpful bargaining tool 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 issues and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might stall a closing
  • Prevent the odds of unidentified problems that cause sales to flop

It can be surprising to people when they find out that the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So investing in an appraisal allowed them to get thousands more than they originally expected. Others have an an exaggerated assessment of the value of their home, and an appraisal helped them to to realistically price their home allowing them to quickly sell it rather than gathering dust on the market for months. Selling too high will not attract buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a professional value opinion before listing

Even if you're working with a very skillful agent, it's definitely a good idea to have an unbiased second opinion of your home's value to signing a listing agreement. Let FORREST & ASSOCIATES help. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a definitive summarizing of your home's characteristics and a detailed analysis of the latest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

We also are available for general consulting

Not sure if you need an entire appraisal but would like some information about how real estate is doing in your area? You might feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you require assistance gathering local sales and property data. We can help solve your real estate quandaries with services especially tailored for consumers with your real estate needs.

When you order an appraisal report from , expect the following....

  • We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We personalize information to the needs of our clients We'll be delighted to provide suggestions, just let us know what your situation is
  • Fast turnaround time: Typically in a weeks time or less from the date the request is received, we can have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: When it comes to appraisal and consulting, "One size does NOT fit all." We provide a lot of different of report types, 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.
  • Prompt reply to follow-up questions: When we write reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion about your appraisal, once you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!