Appraisal services for home sellers - Elias Salas, Jr.

Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Elias Salas, Jr. will ensure you get it right.

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays in the long run! Unless the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like a professional appraiser does, it's hard for them to get a handle on local real estate values.

While important, an appraisal is not about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Instead, an appraisal assesses how much your home will bring on the open market.

Selling on your own?

More and more CA homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But to do it right, with minimal waiting and for the best price, what you need is a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, and we understand that it can be very difficult to be objective about 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 astute asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Allow you to have the edge while negotiating when you find a potential buyer
Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
Alert you of problems and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
Help prevent the possibility of hidden problems that cause sales to backslide

It can be surprising to people when they find out that their home's value is higher than they first thought. So by taking the first step and investing in a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they thought they would get. Others have an an inflated impression of their home's value, and an appraisal gave then the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home allowing them to quickly sell it instead of sitting on the market for months. An overpriced home will not attract buyers, which means no offers and no closing, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

We also help agents price homes in San Joaquin County

Even if you're working with a very skillful agent, it's in your best interest to have an objective third-party's opinion of value prior to finalizing a listing agreement. Elias Salas, Jr. can help. An appraisal can be indispensable in this scenario. You and agent will get a detailed description for the unique features of your property which will give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a record of the latest comparable properties in the area.

A resource for for local real estate knowledge

Have you decided against an entire appraisal but would like some information about the real estate market in your area? Maybe you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need some help analyzing local sales and property data. We offer services tailored especially for consumers like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

If your wondering what to expect from us when ordering an appraisal just take a look....

Fast response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our customers Just tell us your situation and we will make suggestions.
Fast turnarounds on appraisals: Usually in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
Appraisal and consulting report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've preformed many of assignments, and we've learned that when providing real estateappraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "boiler place" assignment. We offer quite a few different of types of reports, and have know how at providing appraisals to clients without so much of industry jargon so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
Fast response to follow-up questions: When we write reports, we make sure they are clearly written, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion about your appraisal, once you've read through the report, just give us a call or email us!