What is the best way to get your house appraised?
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If you're looking to sell your home, a real estate agent can do a market survey for you so you can price your home accordingly, and it'll be up to the buyer to pay for the appraisal.  If you are looking to refinance, your mortgage company will likely order a new appraisal with the cost rolled into the closing.\n\nIf you get your own appraisal, and then go to try to refinance, the lender may or may not accept your appraisal report and you'll have to pay for another anyway.
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Best thing you can do is apply pressure to your realtor by suggesting that you might take it off the market or sell with someone else if it doesn't sell by a certain date.  There's lots of things they an do to generate interest in your house.\n\nIf that  doesn't work just fire your realtor (in writing) and look up a real estate investor group, and go to the meeting (there are groups like this in every state), they will sometimes by your house commission-free!\n\nLastly, you can always put it up for auction.  It sounds silly but you can generate tons of interest in a semi-desirable property by auctioning it.  There is so much pressure that sometimes you end up getting more then you thought you ever could!
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Let me assure you that NOT all REALTORS state they are number 1- Ask the various agents you interview, for a print out (probably from the local multiple listing service) of their sales and their agencies sales of the last several months - year, within your price range.  Ask for a marketing plan, where your home will be advertised, etc. - and if someone from their company will actually be there to show your home, rather than accessing via a lock box, with a sign-up sheet and stack of brochures.
110132
It really depends on what type of real estate you want to appraise.  You can do residential or commercial.  Generally its easier to become a residential appraiser.  Residential appraisals GENERALLY range from $200-$500 per job and take anywhere from a day to several days to complete.  Commerical appraisals GENERALLY range from $500-$50,000+ and take several days to several weeks.  There are state licensing requirements that vary from state to state so you should check with your local department of licensing to get the facts.  The Appraisal Institute is a great source for infomation on the industry, classes, requirements, etc.  Good luck!
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If you need an actual appraisal, the only way to get it is to pay for one from an actual appraiser.  They can look at all the historical data and give you a price for a specific date.  If you just need an estimate of value; there are web sites that should give the inflationary data for housing in your area month by month.  Living in a large metropolitan area you should be able to find several forms of inflationary data to make your house the right price.  Good luck with what ever you are trying to prove.
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You could try going to antique shops and asking them if they know someone who could appraise it, or if someone there would be able to.  The prices for the stuff in antique shops have to be set somehow.  There should be someone there who would know something about it, or be able to direct you to someone who does appraisals.
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you should have the house inspected and appraised...make sure you're getting what you pay for...i'd recommend going thru a realtor though. oh, and you need a good title lawyer...gotta make sure the current owner has a clear title.
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You should search yahoo answer first.  Similiar questions have been asked before.\n\n- Get pre-approval from a lender\n- Get a realistic estimate of the house you like to buy\n- find a realtor
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Try getting appraised by an expert.
408632
usually the appraiser will require payment at the time of the appraisal.  Sometimes it can be paid through close of escrow, but it really depends on the relationship between the appraiser and the lender or broker.
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You have the right to receive a copy of your appraisal either at closing or after a course of action has been decided if you have paid for it.\n\nThe appraisal, though, is the property of the person who ORDERS the appraisal.\n\nAs lenders, we order the appraisal for the consumer to ensure the consumer has no influence over the appraiser(unrelated 3rd party).  General/Government lending guideline.\n\nGenerally, I'll send the appraisal to the customer over email once it passes compliance.  It's no big deal.\n\nYour lender or mortgage broker still has the right to/or not to assign ownership of an appraisal should you wish to seek financing elsewhere.  \n\nIn regards to assigning appraisals: If something doesn't work out... no problem... but work hard, begging and pleading to get someone approved, and then they have a mother's sister's brother's cousin who just started in the business... get the drift...\n\nStay on good terms with your lender if you have to take your financing elsewhere.  There is a lot going on with applications you don't see.  That will make them more amenable to assigning your appraisal to you should you need.\n\nGood luck,\nChris
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Hire an appraisal firm to estimate the value. They will estimate the after-value as well.
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Most appraisers in Texas charge about $300 for a residential appraisal.  In my opinion, given the amount of work that they do, it's a very fair price.  For commercial and raw land appraisals, the prices are much higher.
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I am a licensed Realtor.  I can help you out:  An appraiser determines the value of a home (by viewing "comps" and researching past solds), so a buyer can get a loan to buy it.  Appraisers are independent contractors, and are generally chosen by the mortgage agent.  If you partner with a mortgage officer, you could have steady business.  If you can't provide your appraisals fast enough, the mortgage officer could just start working with someone else.  Also, when doing an appraisal, you will usually have a sale price that you are trying to appraise the house for, so you just do more research until you reach that price.  It's not an exact science, unfortunately.  You will get paid per job, at least $250.
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1. At an open house of one of your clients\n2. Word of mouth\n3. Create a web site\n4. The local newspaper\n\nThere are tons of realtors, so you need an angle... such as experience, niche, rebates, etc...
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Don't use a realtor.  THey charge a ridiculous amount of money for the work that you cna do yourself if you are willing to do the research\n\nFirst, check your counties property appraisers website for the recent sales of homes in your neighborhood.  Find similar homes that sold and use the number as a basis for your home.\n\nNext advertise the home anywhere you can.  there are multiple websites you can use to market your home. \n\nWhen you finally find a buyer, hire a real estate attorney to handle the paper work for you.  They will do this for a fraction of the price you would have paid a realtor.  if your homes value is really 155k then you could expect to pay as much as $9300.
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Start with an attorney.  You're going to be making some legal promises that can last thirty years, you need someone that knows what they're doing who is on YOUR side, and no one else's. \n\nYou need to talk to mortgage brokers, figure out what price range you're looking in. \n\nThen you need to find the house you want. Realtors are great for that, but if you don't use one, you still need to know what price range to shop for. \n\nWhen you find it, you sign a contract. It says "On or about a date two months from now, I'm going to pay you X and you will give me a deed to the house, free and clear of all liens.  This contract is void if the house is inspected and found to be in horrible structural condition."   It'll run about five pages. \n\nYou get the house inspected to be sure the roof is solid, not just painted on, that kind of thing.  \n\nIt gets appraised to be sure you didn't get conned on the value. Lenders don't like lending twice what the house is worth. \n\nA date to Close is set, something agreeable to all parties and lawyers. \n\nThe lender sends your loan papers and the money to your lawyer. \n\nYour lawyer explains what you're signing;  pay attention to the Note, which is your promise to repay the loan, and the mortgage which says if you don't, they take the house, and even while you are paying you keep it insured and in decent shape, and pay the taxes, etc.  Then he hands everyone their checks and it's your house. \n\nYou also will go through the "hud 1" or "settlement statement".  That's where you see all the money in and out on the transaction.  Closing costs are basically anything that has to be paid by you or the seller that isn't the price.  Loan fees, attorney fees, conveyance taxes, appraisals, filing fees, final water bills.... anything.   \n\nNow, having said all that... you also need to have an iron clad contract with the boyfriend detailing what happens to the house and the payment if you split up.   The courts won't be interested in helping you without a written contract.