Property Valuations for Estate Settlement by Cloice Lybarger Appraisal Services

Settling an estate is often stressful, but a very important job. As an executor you have been entrusted to carry out the wishes of the deceased as quickly and respectfully as possible. You can count on us to act quickly and with as much sensitivity to the feelings of everyone involved.

Attorneys and accountants rely on our ethics when calculating real property values for estates, divorces, or other disputes requiring a value being placed on real property. We realize their needs and are acclimated to working with all parties involved. We create appraisal reports that transcend the needs of the courts and assorted groups.

Usually, settling an estate requires an clear appraisal report to acquire fair market value for the property to the satisfaction of the parties involved. We know that when you lose a loved one, ordering an appraisal is the furthest thought from your mind. Due to this, often the time of death differs from the time the appraisal is needed. We are comfortable with the practices and requirements necessary to produce a retroactive appraisal with an effective date and fair market value estimate matching the exact date you suffered the loss of your loved one. The ethical obligations listed within the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) keeps our staff to confidentiality, guaranteeing the fullest degree of privacy for you and your loved ones.

Many times, people do not fully appreciate the demand to have an intricate real estate appraisal supplied in support of the numbers shown in tax documents filed with the IRS.

An exhaustive report showing the appraiser's opinion of value is required to support the methods the appraiser used to come to his conclusions. In having a report supported by Cloice Lybarger Appraisal Services's professional staff, you will have the knowledge that the numbers provided in the report will definitely demonstrate to the IL agencies that the numbers used are accurate and substantiated.

An executor will be over-joyed by an appraisal by Cloice Lybarger Appraisal Services which will show him solid facts and figures to deal with the IRS and IL state agencies' requirements. It assures peace of mind to everyone concerned because we will always be there to stand behind the appraisal if it is ever challenged.

An accurate report showing the appraiser's opinion of value is important to support the methods the appraiser used to come to his conclusions.