Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from JRBaskett, Inc. will ensure you get it right.

If you're planning on putting your house on the market soon, a professional appraisal is a step in the right direction. Don't think of an appraisal as purely an expense; it pays you in the long run! Unless the homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's practically impossible for them to fully grasp local real estate values.

We are not talking about how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or how much you want for it. You see, an appraisal provides a professional opinion on how much your home will bring on the open market. Technically, something is only worth what another person is going to give you.

Contact us for information regarding our specialized services for home sellers.

Going to sell your home yourself?

Quite a few Texas 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, with minimal waiting and to get the most you can, you need a skilled appraiser. You need an objective opinion, and we understand that it can be very difficult to be objective about 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.

In addition to helping you set a sound selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:
  • Be a very useful negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
  • Alert you of issues and get rid of any overlooked repairs hassles that might hold-up a closing
  • Prevent the possibility of unknown problems that cause sales to flop
It can be surprising to people when they find out their home's value is higher than they originally thought. So investing in a professional appraisal allowed them to receive several thousand more than they thought they would get. Alternatively, some people have an overestimated opinion when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal helped them to to realistically price their home - allowing them to quickly sell it - instead of sitting on the market for months. Asking too much for a home causes buyers to back off, which means no offers and no closing, wasting your valuable time and draining your resources while getting nothing done.

We also help agents price homes in Randall County

You may have an extremely experienced agent, but it's definitely a good idea to have an unbiased second opinion of your home's value before signing a listing contract. And that's where JRBaskett, Inc. comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have an accurate writeup of your home's features and a detailed analysis of the the newest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

We also are available for general consulting

If you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you'd still like assistance analyzing local sales and property data, we can provide assistance for your real estate decisions with services especially tailored for clients with your real estate needs.

This is a little bit of what to expect when you place an order for an appraisal from JRBaskett, Inc....

  • Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We personalize information to the needs of our customers. Just tell us your situation, and we will make suggestions.
  • Quick turnaround on appraisals: Typically in a week's time or less from the date the request is received, we can have a PDF of the report ready to download.
  • Appraisal and consulting report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've done a lot of assignments, and we've learned that in the business of real estate appraising, it's naive to think there's a typical or standard "boiler place" report. We offer quite a few different types of reports and have an abundance of experience at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum and in an easy to digest format with the general public in mind.
  • Quick reply to follow-up questions: Our reports are clearly written, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. Should you have any inquiries about your appraisal after you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!