Need an appraisal in Riverside or Riverside County?

Here are the top 7 reasons CA homeowners order from Jennifer Shetler:

  1. To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. Challenge Riverside county's assessment of your property
  3. To reduce your monthly mortgage payment by removing PMI
  4. Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. Review a different appraiser's report for verification
  6. If property needs to be divided because of a divorce
  7. Determine the true market value of property in question to settle an estate

Do you own a house in or near Riverside? Do you need help deciding the value of your real estate?
Contact Jennifer Shetler.

At Jennifer Shetler, we understand the special needs of a consumer after appraisal services. Our business practices and reporting formats are relatively routine to our business clients like lenders, attorneys, and accountants. Being a regular person not in the real estate industry that ordinarily doesn't see an appraisal every day,we will give you extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more clearly understand what we do and how we present our conclusions.

Pre-listing Services/For Sale By Owner (FSBO)

It's very hard to be objective about your home because of your emotional attachment to it. The professional appraisers at Jennifer Shetler will tell you what you need to know -- not just what you want to hear. We are objective. In addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your house will attract buyers, a professional appraisal is very important as a negotiating tool once you have a likely buyer. The appraisal is something concrete to show your buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your property's value -- not just how much your home is worth. Potential buyers know that you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be far more likely to give credibility to an accomplished appraiser's value judgement than yours.

Appraisals to remove PMI

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A popular way to cut expenses for homeowners is to get the PMI removed from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Once your mortgage loan is less than 80% of the value of your property, in most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI removed from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. At Jennifer Shetler, we're experts in helping homeowners just like you remove unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenge Riverside county's assessment of your property

If you live in a local area that is declining or is not appreciating as much as other houses close by, your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. That only means you're going to pay more taxes than you should. The faster you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. Getting an appraisal from Jennifer Shetler is your best weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender just may make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is near a declining area. This can be be destructive to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also unsuitable from a cash flow viewpoint. Jennifer Shetler can help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Also Offer Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just been handed a copy of your appraisal and you would prefer to have a seasoned professional double-check it for accuracy or do you want a second opinion without the expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from Jennifer Shetler can go out and check the subject and comps in question in a field review. If you need it in a rush, we'll provide desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

Need a retrospective review of an appraisal? We can help you with that While typically requested by banks, you may need to make use of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.