Holmes Appraisal Service understands the special needs of estate executors

The responsibility of settling an estate, often a source of stress is very important. As an executor you have been entrusted to carry out the wishes of the deceased as swiftly and exactly as possible. You can count on us to act quickly and with as much compassion to the feelings of everyone involved.

Lawyers and accountants depend on our ethics when calculating real property values for estates, divorces, or other disputes requiring a cost being placed on real property. Usually, the parties involved will have differing suggestions of how the appraisal process should work; however, our knowledge of the estate process will, without a doubt, satisfy all parties involved. In relation to our experience in working with attorneys and accountants and other agencies, we provide appraisal reports that definitely exceed all expectations.

Settling an estate most often demands an appraisal to determine fair market value for the residential property involved. It's understandable that ordering an appraisal is the farthest thought from your mind. Because of this, now and then there can be times that the date of an appraisal deviates from the date of your loss. Our professional staff is knowledgeable about the procedures and requirements necessary to provide a retroactive appraisal with an effective date and fair market value estimate matching the exact date of death. The ethics provision listed within the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) binds us to confidentiality, assuring the strongest degree of discretion for you and your loved ones.

Often, people do not fully appreciate the requirement to have a comprehensive appraisal report prepared in support of the numbers shown in tax documents filed with the IRS.

Opinions of value displayed in documents provided to the revenue authorities definitely should be backed by an accurate report as to how the appraiser came to his conclusions. Such a report will certainly demonstrate to the GA agencies that the numbers used are well-founded and correct.

An executor will be over-joyed by a report by Holmes Appraisal Service which will give him irrefutable facts and numbers to cooperate with revenue agencies' requirements. There's no need to be stressed out when getting an appraisal from us, because we will support it no matter what.

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