Real estate appraisal services for homeowners in the city of Beaumont and Jefferson County

Check out the top seven reasons TX homeowners use Brett Shelander:

  1. Find the right listing price (whether they're selling the home on their own or using a real estate agent)
  2. Challenge a property tax assessment
  3. Remove PMI to reduce a monthly mortgage payment
  4. To reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. To review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. In the case of a TX divorce, where real estate needs to be divided
  7. Determine the true market value of property in question to settle an estate in Jefferson county or TX

Need help determining the price of your house in or near Beaumont, TX?
Contact Brett Shelander.

At Brett Shelander, we understand the special needs of a consumer in need of appraisal services. The appraisal process and reporting formats are familiar to our business clients like lenders, lawyers, and accountants. As our non-traditionalclient, we will provide you with extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more fully understand what we do and how we report the results of our analysis.

For Sale By Owner/Pre-Listing Services

It's very hard to be objective about your house because of your emotional attachment to it. A professional appraiser is objective and will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. In addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your home will attract interested buyers, a professional appraisal is very crucial as a negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer. It's something tangible to show your buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your property's price, not just you saying how much you think your house is worth. Interested buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be far more likely to give credibility to a professional appraiser's value judgement than yours.

PMI Removal Appraisals

Getting the PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) removed from your mortgage loan is a fashionable way to cut expenses for homeowners. Once your mortgage loan is down below 80% of the value of your house, in most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. We're experts in helping homeowners just like you remove undesirable PMI insurance.

Challenge property tax assessments

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if you live in an area that is declining. This means you're most likely paying higher taxes than you should be paying. The sooner 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. When challenging your property tax assessment, getting an appraisal report from Brett Shelander is your chief weapon.

HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender might just decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is in a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can be be detrimental to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also difficult from a cash flow angle. An efficient appraisal from Brett Shelander can help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Also Provide Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Do you need a professional to double-check your appraisal for precision, or do you want a second opinion without the cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from Brett Shelander can go out and check the subject and comps in a field review. If you need it ASAP, we'll provide desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

Do you need a retrospective review of an appraisal report? Brett Shelander can help you with that. Even though this is usually requested by banks, you may wish to make use of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.