Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Tri-State Appraisals will ensure you get it right.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in an appraisal. Don't think of an appraisal as purely an expense; it's worth the money in the long run! Unless a homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like an appraiser, it's hard for them to get a handle on real estate market forces.

You could be focused on how much you have invested in your home, or how much you want for it. Instead, an appraisal assesses how much your home will bring on the open market. At the end of the day, your house is only worth the price another person is going to give you.

Contact us for information regarding services specialized for home sellers.

Going to sell your home yourself?

Quite a few Illinois homeowners are choosing to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But to do it right, quickly and for top dollar, what you need is a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get an objective opinion, it's very difficult to be objective about your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a sound selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:
  • Be a very valuable negotiating tool when you find a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
  • Make you aware of problems and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might hold-up a closing
  • Decrease the odds of unidentified problems that cause sales to backslide
Folks are sometimes surprised to discover their home's value is much more than they thought. So taking the first step and spending a little on a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they could have originally gotten. Alternatively, some people have an inflated assessment when they put a value on their home, and by getting an appraisal it helped them to 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.

Pre-listing appraisals in Marion

You may have an extremely skillful agent, but it's in your best interest to have an unbiased second opinion of value prior to signing a listing contract. And that's where Tri-State Appraisals comes in. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a precise summarizing of your home's characteristics and a detailed analysis of the most recent and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

We also offer general consulting

Not wanting to get an entire appraisal but are looking for information about how Williamson real estate is doing in your area? We offer services designed especially for clients like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

If you're curious what you'll be getting from Tri-State Appraisals when ordering an appraisal just take a look....

  • Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We will give you personalized information for your individual appraisal need. We'll be more then happy to give you suggestions - just let us know what your situation is.
  • Fast turnaround for appraisals: Typically one week or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a PDF ready for you to download from our site or in your e-mail.
  • Appraisal and consulting report formats that suit YOUR needs: We've worked on lots of assignments, and we understand that when providing real estate appraising, there is no typical or standard "generic" report. We offer a lot of different types of reports and have an abundance of experience at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be real estate attorney to understand it.
  • Any follow up questions? You can expect a quick response from Tri-State Appraisals: When we write reports, we make sure they are clearly written, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any inquiries regarding your appraisal after you've read the report, we suggest that you simply email or call us!