BASIC APPRAISAL INSIGHTS

Guides on property valuation, estate planning, and farm, commercial, and residential appraisals
written by the Spurgeon Appraisals team for landowners across Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa.

Cattle grazing on rolling prairie farmland at sunset, illustrating things you didn’t know about your real estate appraisal 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Real Estate Appraisal White farmhouse with a wraparound porch under an old oak tree, showing why patience makes a better real estate appraisal Patience Makes Perfect Farmhouse kitchen with green French doors and a wood island, illustrating appraised value vs selling price Appraised Value vs Selling Price Aerial view of a property divided into 19.5, 33.3 and 32.1 acre parcels, illustrating why an appraiser may not use a particular comparable sale Why Didn't You Use That Sale? Commercial shopping center with Petco and Bed Bath & Beyond, illustrating common commercial appraisal questions and methods The Method to the Madness: 3 Common Appraisal Questions Vintage office desk with a computer, phone and globe in an open field, representing the tools of the appraisal trade Tools of the Trade Two-story brick commercial building with a bakery and café on the ground floor, illustrating appraisal basics for property owners Appraisal 101: When You Need One and How It Affects You Judge’s gavel beside glasses and legal paperwork, representing legal descriptions that speed up an appraisal The Value of Legal Descriptions for a Faster Appraisal White country estate with horses grazing in a pasture, illustrating extraordinary assumptions and hypothetical conditions in appraisal Extraordinary Assumptions vs. Hypothetical Conditions Laptop, open notebook and pen on a desk, representing the legal description documents to give your appraiser Providing Legal Descriptions: What to Give Your Appraiser Beige two-story home with a front porch and garage, illustrating cost to cure and how appraisers value property needing repairs Cost to Cure: How Appraisers Value Property That Needs Repairs Aerial view of a bordered farm parcel in green countryside, showing how location affects property value Location, Location, Enough Already: How Location Really Affects Property Value White farmhouse with a wraparound porch at golden hour, illustrating highest and best use as the first step in an appraisal Highest and Best Use: The First Step in Every Appraisal White farmhouse with a stone garden path at sunset, illustrating USPAP, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice What Is USPAP? The Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice Explained Cozy open-plan living room with large windows and a lake view, illustrating what happens between the inspection and the appraisal report Between Inspection and Appraisal: What Happens After the Appraiser's Visit Close-up of a calendar showing January dates, illustrating the effective date of an appraisal It's About Time: Understanding the Effective Date of an Appraisal Aerial view of a rural property boundary and farm buildings, illustrating how appraisers choose comparable sales Apples, Oranges, and Comparable Sales: How Appraisers Choose Comps Professional woman carrying a laptop through an office, representing trainee appraisers and the future of the profession Trainees Are the Future: What to Know About Trainee Appraisers Businessperson holding up both hands to decline a document, illustrating how an unbiased appraisal helps you escape a bad deal How to Escape a Bad Deal: Why an Unbiased Appraisal Protects You

We specialize in Farm, Commercial, and Home appraisals throughout Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa, giving the personal attention you deserve, every step of the way, from a certified real estate appraiser.

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