Be an informed seller. Get an appraisal from Jim Taylor.

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 you in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's hard for them to understand their local real estate market.

It's tempting to want to base your home's value on how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or how much you want for it. Rather, the appraisal measures the true market value of your home. Once you break it all down, at the end of the day, your house is only going to sell for what another person is offering to give you.

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

Going to sell your home yourself?

More and more Indiana homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, quickly and for the best price, what you need is a expert appraiser. The best thing to have is an objective opinion, it's very hard to take an objective look at your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will explain to you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a realistic asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:
  • Be a very useful negotiating tool when you find a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
  • Call attention to any problems and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might stall a closing
  • Lower the odds of hidden problems that cause sales to deteriorate
People are surprised when they find out that their home's value is more than they originally believed. So taking the first step and investing in an appraisal allowed them to get several thousand more than they originally thought. Alternatively, some people have an exaggerated assessment when they put a value on their home, and by getting an appraisal it gave them the assistance they needed in order to set a more reasonable price for their home - allowing them to quickly sell it - rather than waiting on the market for months. Asking too much for a home 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 have an extremely talented agent, it's definitely a good idea to have an unbiased second opinion of your home's value before finalizing a listing agreement. And that's where Jim Taylor comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have an accurate writeup of your home's characteristics and a detailed analysis of the the latest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

Jim Taylor offers general consulting

You might feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need some help analyzing local sales and property data. We can be a resource for your real estate dilemmas with services especially designed for clients with your real estate needs.

After you order an appraisal report through us, you can expect....

  • Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our clients. We'll be thrilled to give you suggestions - just tell us what your situation is.
  • Swift turnaround for appraisals: Typically one week or less from the date the request is received, you'll have a PDF of the report ready to download.
  • Appraisal and consulting report presentations to suit YOUR needs: When dealing with appraisal and consulting, one size does NOT fit all. We provide a variety of report types and have a lot of experience at providing appraisals to consumers sans the industry jargon so that you don't have to be real estate attorney to read it.
  • Quick response to follow-up questions: When we create reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. If you have any inquiries regarding your appraisal once you've read through the report, we encourage you to email or call us!