Appraisals for Estate Settlement by Moody Appraisal Group, Inc.

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

Attorneys and accountants rely on our ethics when calculating real property values for estates, divorces, or other disputes requiring a worth being placed on real property. There are specific needs for everyone; we realize these needs and are used to to working with all parties involved. In relation to our familiarity in dealing with the legal system and other agencies, we construct appraisal reports that always transcend all expectations.

Generally, settling an estate requires an detailed appraisal report to establish fair market value for the house to the satisfaction of the parties involved. We sympathize that in this time of loss, ordering an appraisal is the furthest thought from your mind. Of course, you have to take care of your family first. We are knowledgeable about the practices and requirements needed to produce a retroactive appraisal with an effective date and fair market value estimate matching the date you suffered the loss of your loved one. The ethics provision explained within the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) conforms our company to confidentiality, guaranteeing the strongest degree of privacy for you and your loved ones.

Most people don't realize that the IRS needs information filed to explain the numbers involved in estate sales.

An exhaustive report showing the appraiser's opinion of value is important to back the methods the appraiser used to come to his conclusions. Such a report will certainly demonstrate to the CA agencies that the numbers used are well-founded and substantiated.

Having a professional report from Moody Appraisal Group, Inc. gives the executor solid facts and figures to work with in exceeding IRS and CA state agency requirements. It assures peace of mind to everyone concerned because we assure you that we will stand behind the report if it is ever challenged.

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