Appraisals for Estate Settlement by Shepard Appraisal Group, LLC

Settling an estate is an important and sometimes stressful task. As an executor you have been entrusted to carry out the wishes of the departed as quickly and with as much dignity as possible. You can count on us to act quickly and with as much understanding 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 value being placed on real property. There are specific needs for everyone; we comprehend these necessities and are used to to dealing with all parties involved. In our company, we are used to interacting with law offices in assembling reports that transcend their requirements.

Settling an estate commonly depends on an appraisal to ascertain fair market value for the residential property in question. We sympathize that in this time of loss, ordering an appraisal report is the furthest thought from your mind. So, we understand that the date an appraisal is requested will not match the date of death. Our staff is familiar with the procedures and requirements obligatory to supply 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) conforms us to confidentiality, providing the strongest degree of privacy for you.

The importance of having a real estate appraisal when cooperating with the IRS to explain income when filing documents is often unknown by most people.

Opinions of value displayed in documents filed with the the IRS and SC state agencies definitely should be supported by an accurate report as to how the appraiser arrived at his conclusions. Such a report will clearly demonstrate to the SC agencies that the numbers used are accurate and correct.

An executor will be ecstatic by an appraisal by Shepard Appraisal Group, LLC which will give him irrefutable facts and figures to work with the IRS and SC state agencies' requirements. There's no need to be stressed out when getting an appraisal from us, because we will support it no matter what.

An accurate report showing the appraiser's opinion of value is required to back the methods the appraiser used to come to his conclusions.