Services
One thing, done properly: certified appraisals.
Every appraisal follows USPAP, and most are prepared remotely. What changes between them is the purpose — and the purpose determines which standard of value applies, so it is the first thing we establish.
We do not appraise real estate. House and land appraisals are outside our work.
Estate & Probate Appraisal
When an estate is being settled, the court, the executor, and the family all need the same defensible number. We provide fair market value appraisals suitable for probate filings, estate tax reporting, and equitable distribution among heirs — documented to the standard those processes require.
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Insurance Appraisal
Insurers need replacement value, not fair market value — the difference matters, and using the wrong basis is why claims get underpaid. We document what it would actually cost to replace an item, whether you're scheduling valuables on a policy up front or substantiating a claim after a theft, fire, or loss.
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Charitable Donation Appraisal
The IRS requires a qualified appraisal to substantiate a noncash charitable contribution above its reporting threshold, and it is specific about who may prepare one and what it must contain. We produce appraisals prepared to that standard, so your deduction rests on documentation that holds up.
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Divorce & Equitable Distribution
Dividing personal property is often the part of a separation that stalls, because both sides distrust the other's number. An independent third-party appraisal gives counsel and the court a neutral basis to work from — we're not advocating for either party, only for an accurate value.
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Guardianship & Conservatorship
A guardian or conservator managing someone else's property is accountable to the court for what that property is worth. We prepare the inventory and valuation that accounting depends on, so the record of your stewardship is complete and defensible from the outset.
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Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Appraisal
A Chapter 7 filing turns on what the property is actually worth, because that figure decides two separate things: what the trustee can sell, and what the exemptions protect. We appraise personal property at liquidation value for the schedules a filing requires, documented well enough that the debtor, counsel, and the trustee all work from the same number.
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Personal Appraisal
Not every appraisal answers to a court, an insurer, or the IRS. You may have inherited a piece and want to know what it actually is, or be weighing whether to keep, sell, or insure something, or simply want your own records to be right. We appraise a single item or a whole collection for personal use, prepared to the same USPAP standard as every other report here. What changes is who the appraisal is for, not how carefully it is done.
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Vehicles, boats, and equipment
These are quoted per asset rather than on the household per-item schedule. A car, a vessel, or a machine carries its own market research however many other items are on the list, so each one is an asset line of its own — never item 41 at $10.
Vehicle Appraisal
A vehicle is rarely valued by the people with the least reason to be neutral about it. We appraise cars, trucks, classic and collector vehicles, and motorcycles to the same USPAP standard as every other report here, for insurers, for the IRS, for a probate court, and for counsel. Each vehicle is quoted as an asset of its own rather than as a line on a household inventory.
Boat & Watercraft Appraisal
Boats and watercraft are appraised on the same asset schedule as vehicles, to the same USPAP standard. We value a vessel from its photographs, its registration, and the documentation that already exists for it — including any survey it has had — for insurers, for the IRS, for a probate court, and for counsel.
Equipment & Machinery Appraisal
Equipment and machinery are quoted per asset and researched per asset, because a machine's value turns on its hours, its configuration, and the market for that model rather than on any household comparison. We appraise single machines and mixed lists to the same USPAP standard as every other report here, for insurers, for the IRS, and for the courts.
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