Appraisals for Estate Settlement by AKA Appraisals

Settling an estate is an important and sometimes stressful task. As an executor you have been entrusted to carry out the wishes of the deceased as swiftly and respectfully as possible. You can count on us to act quickly and with as much compassion to the feelings of everyone in bereavement.

Attorneys and accountants depend on our understanding when calculating real estate values for estates, divorces, or other disputes requiring a cost being placed on real property. We comprehend their needs and are accustomed to working with all parties involved. We offer appraisal reports that transcend the necessities of the legal system and other groups.

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

Settling an estate usually requires an appraisal to show fair market value for the property affected. We know that when you lose a loved one, acquiring an appraisal report is the furthest thought from your mind. Because of this, often there will be times that the date of an appraisal differs from the date of your loss. We are knowledgeable about the procedures and requirements needed to provide a retroactive appraisal with an effective date and fair market value estimate matching the date your loved one passed away. The ethical requirements listed within the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) binds our appraisers to confidentiality, guaranteeing the strongest degree of privacy for you and your loved ones.

Most of the time people do not fully comprehend the importance in having an exhaustive appraisal produced in support of the numbers being used in general documents filed with the IRS.

A comprehensive report showing the appraiser's opinion of value is required to back the methods the appraiser used to come to his conclusions. In having a report backed by AKA Appraisals's professional staff, you will have the understanding that the numbers displayed in the appraisal report will definitely demonstrate to the IRS that the numbers used are well founded and correct.

An executor will be ecstatic by an appraisal by AKA Appraisals which will give him irrefutable facts and numbers to work with the IRS and CA state agencies' requirements. You need not stress over anything, because AKA Appraisals will be there to stand by our appraisals if they are ever refuted.

One of the most significant requirements in an appraisal report is an appraiser-supported opinion of value in an exhaustive reason as to how the appraiser came to his conclusion.