Getting an appraisal from Mid-Ohio Appraisal Services before putting your Columbus home on the market saves you time and money.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, a professional appraisal is a step in the right direction. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to understand real estate market forces.

You could be fixated on the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. You see, an appraisal assesses how much your home will bring on the open market. Technically, something is only worth the price another person is offering to give you.


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Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

More and more Ohio homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But to do it right, quickly and to get the most you can, you need a expert appraiser. The best thing to have is an objective opinion, it can be very difficult to take an objective look at your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a realistic selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Be a very beneficial negotiating tool while speaking with a potential buyer
Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
Call attention to any issues and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
Decrease the possibility of unidentified problems that cause sales to backslide

Folks are sometimes surprised when they find out that the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So investing in a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they could have originally banked. Others have an an exaggerated assessment of the value of their home, and an appraisal gave them the assistance they needed in order to set a more reasonable price for their home - allowing them to quickly sell it - rather than waiting on the market for months. An overpriced home causes buyers to back off, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting your valuable time and draining your resources while your home sits on the market.

Pre-listing appraisals in Columbus

Even if you have an extremely talented agent, it's in your best interest to get an objective third-party's opinion of your home's value before signing a listing contract. And that's where Mid-Ohio Appraisal Services comes in. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a precise description of your home's characteristics and a detailed breakdown of the most recent and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

Mid-Ohio Appraisal Services provides general consulting

If you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you'd still like some help collecting local property and sales data, we can help solve your real estate quandaries with services especially tailored for customers with your real estate needs.

This is a little bit of what you can expect when you order an appraisal through us...

We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We personalize information to the needs of our customers. We'll be thrilled to give you suggestions - just tell us what your situation is.
Quick turnaround time: Normally one week or less from the date the request is received, you'll have a PDF ready for you to download from our site or in your e-mail.
Appraisal and consulting report presentations that suit YOUR needs: When it comes to appraisal and consulting, one size does NOT fit all. We offer quite a few different types of reports and are well seasoned at providing appraisals to consumers minus the industry jargon so that you don't have to be real estate attorney to read it.
Quick response to follow-up questions: Documents we deliver are written in plain English, simple to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. If you have any questions about your appraisal after you've read the report, we encourage you to email or call us!