Appraisal services for Fort Myers and Lee County homeowners

The top seven reasons FL homeowners call on Rapid Return Appraisal, LLC:

  1. Get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. Challenge Lee county's assessment of your property
  3. To reduce a monthly mortgage payment by removing PMI
  4. To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. To review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. In the case of a FL divorce, when real estate needs to be divided
  7. To determine the true market value of property in question to settle an estate

Own a home in or near Fort Myers, FL and need help determining the value of it?
Contact Rapid Return Appraisal, LLC.

We at Rapid Return Appraisal, LLC understand the special needs of a consumer after appraisal services. Our usual business clients are used to the appraisal process and the standard reporting formats. But as a general consumer,you can expect extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more fully understand what we do and how we report our findings.

For Sale By Owner/Pre-Listing Services

Since you have an emotional attachment to your own home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at Rapid Return Appraisal, LLC, will be objective. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. A professional appraisal is a very valuable negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your house will attract interested buyers. The appraisal is something tangible to show the buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your home's value, not just how much you think your house is worth. Potential buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be far more likely to give credibility to an experienced appraiser's value report than yours.

Need to remove PMI?

A preferred way to cut costs for homeowners is getting the PMI removed from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Once your mortgage loan is down below 80% of the value of your property, in most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI removed from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. At Rapid Return Appraisal, LLC, we're experts in helping people just like you do away with undesirable PMI insurance.

Challenging a property tax assessment

Your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued if your home is not appreciating as much as other properties close by. This means you're going to pay higher taxes than you should be paying. The quicker you take care of things like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. An appraisal from Rapid Return Appraisal, LLC is your #1 weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender just might choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is in or near a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can this be difficult from a cash flow angle, and detrimental to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. A professional appraisal from Rapid Return Appraisal, LLC can help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Also Offer Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just received a copy of your appraisal and you'd wish to have a professional double-check it for efficiency or do you desire a second opinion without the added expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? In a field review we'll go out and check the subject and comps in question. Or, if you're in a hurry, we can provide desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

We can also provide you with a a retrospective review of any appraisal report you may have had done before. While usually requested by banks, you may wish to take advantage of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.