Selling your home in or near Denton County? Contact Open Book Real Estate Professionals, LLC dba Bodine Appraisal Services and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, a professional appraisal is absolutely necessary. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays you in the long run! Unless the homeowner studies real estate values on a day to day basis, like an appraiser, it's practically impossible for them to understand the nuances of real estate market forces.

We are not talking about how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Rather, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on your home's market value.

Contact us for information regarding the specific services for home sellers we offer.

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

More and more TX homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, quickly and for the best price, you need a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, and we understand that it's hard to be objective about your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will inform you of what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

In addition to helping you set a sensible selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Give you an advantage while negotiating when you find a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
  • Make you aware of issues and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
  • Decrease the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to backslide

It can be surprising to people when they find out that the value of their home is a great deal more than they thought. So investing in an appraisal allowed them to receive several thousand more than they could have gotten originally. Others have an an overestimated opinion of the value of their home, by getting an appraisal it gave then the assistance they needed in order to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of gathering dust on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

Pre-listing appraisals in Denton

Even if you have with an extremely talented agent, it's in your best interest to get of value prior to finalizing a listing agreement. Let Open Book Real Estate Professionals, LLC dba Bodine Appraisal Services help. An appraisal can be invaluable in a scenario like this. It will give both you and your agent a comprehensive breakdown for your property and its features which will give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a record of recent comparable properties in the area.

We also offer general consulting

Not wanting to get a full appraisal but would like some information about how real estate is doing in your area? Maybe you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you'd still like some help gathering local sales and property data. We can provide assistance for your real estate decisions with services especially designed for clients with your real estate needs.

When you order an appraisal report from us, expect the following....

  • We pride ourselves on making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We will provide you with information tailored for your particular appraisal need. Just tell us your situation and provide suggestions.
  • Quick turnaround time: Typically one week or less from the date the request is received, you'll have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've preformed lots of assignments, and we've learned that practice of real estateconsulting and appraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "boiler place" assignment. We offer a variety of types of reports, and have an abundance of experience at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
  • Prompt reply to follow-up questions: When we create reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, understandable, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. Should you have any confusion dealing your appraisal, once you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!