Property Valuations for Estate Settlement by Highland Lakes Appraisers

Estate settlement is often stressful, but a very important job. As an executor you have been entrusted to carry out the wishes of the departed as quickly and respectfully as possible. You can count on us to act quickly and with as much respect to the feelings of everyone left behind.

Attorneys and accountants depend on our understanding when calculating real estate values for estates, divorces, or other disputes requiring a worth being placed on real property. There are specific needs for everyone; we realize these needs and are acclimated to dealing with all parties involved. Among our staff, we are accustomed to dealing with the courts in writing reports that out-strip their requirements.

Contact us promptly to discuss your precise estate appraisal requirements and how we can put our business acumen to work for you.

Commonly, settling an estate requires an irrefutable appraisal report to ascertain fair market value for the property to the satisfaction of the parties involved. It's understandable that ordering getting an appraisal is the farthest thought from your mind. So, it's possible the date an appraisal is needed will differ the date of death. Our staff is comfortable with the procedures and requirements necessary to produce a retroactive appraisal with an effective date and fair market value estimate matching the date of death. The ethics provision stated within the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) conforms our staff to confidentiality, certifying the highest degree of privacy for all parties involved.

Many times, people do not fully comprehend the requirement to have an exhaustive real estate appraisal supplied in support of the numbers being used in general documents filed with the IRS.

An accurate report showing the appraiser's opinion of value is necessary to support the methods the appraiser used to come to his conclusions. Such a report will certainly demonstrate to the authorities that the numbers used are accurate and substantiated.

An executor will be satisfied by an appraisal report by Highland Lakes Appraisers which will provide him irrefutable facts and figures to deal with revenue agencies' requirements. You need not be concerned over anything, because Highland Lakes Appraisers will be there to stand by our reports if they are ever refuted.

An exhaustive report showing the appraiser's opinion of value is necessary to back the methods the appraiser used to come to his conclusions.