Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Gregory James Company, Inc. will ensure you get it right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, a professional appraisal is absolutely necessary. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to understand local real estate values.

This isn't a discussion of how much you have invested in your home, or the amount you need to get for it. Rather, an appraisal assesses how much your home will bring on the open market.

Contact us for details regarding services specialized for home sellers.

For Sale By Owner?

An increasing amount of GA homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But to do it right, with minimal waiting and to get the most you can, what you need is a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, we're human too, we understand its difficult difficult to take an objective look at own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will inform you of what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only will getting a professional appraisal help you set a realistic selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very helpful bargaining 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 delay a closing
  • Help decrease the possibility of unidentified problems that cause sales to backslide

People are surprised when they find out the value of their home is much more than they thought. So by taking the first step and investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they could have gotten originally. Others have an an exaggerated impression when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal gave then the assistance they needed in order to set a more reasonable price their home allowing them to quickly sell it instead of waiting on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

We also help agents price homes in Polk County

You may have a highly talented agent but it's in your best interest to have an unbiased second opinion of your home's value to finalizing a listing agreement. And that's where Gregory James Company, Inc. comes in. An appraisal can be extremely helpful in a scenario like this. You and agent will get a detailed description for the unique features of your property and give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a record of the latest comparable properties in the area.

Consulting services for GA Sellers: Put a local expert at your disposal

Not wanting to get a full appraisal but still need some information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? If you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you still want assistance gathering local sales and property data. We can be a resource for your real estate concerns with services especially designed for customers with your real estate needs.

Here's what you can expect when you place an order for an appraisal from ....

  • We pride ourselves on making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a fast response: We personalize information to the needs of our customers We'll be more then happy to give you suggestions, just tell us what your situation is
  • Fast turnaround time: Typically in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: We've preformed lots of assignments, and we know that whether it's real estateappraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "boiler place" report. We offer a variety of types of reports, and are well seasoned at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Any follow up questions? You can expect a quick follow-up from Gregory James Company, Inc.: Documents we deliver 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. Should you have any confusion regarding your appraisal, after you've read through the report, just give us a call or email us!