By Keith Jordan July 28, 2015
If someone from a mortgage company or FHA or VA can choose not to do business with an appraiser, then please do not do business with Brown Appraisal Team. They are grossly incompetent. We had our home built three years ago and it was appraised at $215,000 at that time. We are now selling and over the last three years we have installed over $25,000 worth of upgrades including wood, custom cedar patio, outdoor kitchen, wood floors, custom paint, custom chandeliers, etc. The geniuses at Brown Appraisal team appraised our house at $220,000. Hold on here - over a three year period and with $25,000 of true upgrades and the big increase in real estate prices in texas - and you only value the home at $5,000 more???? The selling price was $255,000 of which we had three offers at selling price, yet the appraiser thinks the value is $35,000 less than current market value??? Do you think the realtor did not look at comps when setting our selling price? ...read more
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