Appraisal Audits

All of these nice marketing tricks are fine and great for getting you the most out of the sale, but none of them mean anything if you can’t keep the sales price right where it is after the appraisal. Simply put, you can try to sell your home as high as you want but many times the appraisal comes in and rains on your parade, taking those nice profits right out of your pocket. But not with our team. We have a dedicated appraisal audit department with over 50% success rate of increasing the homes value on the appraisal. Many times the difference you can make on the profit of your home will go into the 5 figures.

Many agents are capable of handling a great home tour but very few of them have the technical competence and experience to complete a formal "Rebuttal of Appraisal" that would professionally argue with a licensed appraiser's chosen comparable properties. But let's say say for a minute in this example they did have that technical know-how for a rebuttal.

Most agents, particularly on the bigger teams, are focused on spending their time securing their next listing worth $10k-$25k to their own pocket. It can take days of work to go through the rebuttal process on your behalf. For them, the additional $10k secured for you would translate into only a few hundred in additional commissions, but for you, it is worth the extra $10k to your bottom line. The reality is that most agents tell their clients there is no use in arguing with the appraiser, and to lower your price and close. They'll say this because they either can't do it or what they won't tell you is that there is better money out there for them to do something else, like go on their next listing appointment.

Don't fall for this trap!