Why hire Global Appraisal

Plenty of appraisers can fill in a form. The reason to hire this one is what happens on the assignments where a form is not the answer.

Credentials that narrow the field

Edwin Farr holds the MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute, a North Carolina state-certified general appraiser license, and a Master of Science in Real Estate and Construction Management. Fewer than one appraiser in twenty holds the MAI. On commercial, eminent domain, and litigation work, it is frequently what courts and counsel require.

Analysis first, then judgment

Measure everything that can be measured. Paired sales, regression, market extraction, cost data. Where the numbers can answer the question, they answer it, and the report shows the math. Then intuition takes the final leap, across the gap that is left after the math has been exhausted. Both halves belong in the work, and the report should make clear which is which.

Reports written to be reviewed

A report that only works while the appraiser is in the room is not finished. Comparables get verified with a party to the transaction where possible. Adjustments carry their support in the report rather than in the appraiser's head. The workfile is kept so it can be produced years later.

Scope matched to the problem

Every assignment gets the analysis it requires and no more. A tract with four recent competing sales does not need the machinery a partial-take damages study needs. That decision gets written down, so a reviewer can see what was done and why it was enough.

Independence is not a slogan

USPAP requires an appraiser to be independent, impartial, and objective. That obligation does not move based on who paid or who is hoping for what. If a value is not supportable, it does not get written.

Turn times that are actually measured

Residential form assignments run about three days from order to delivered report, nine out of ten inside eight days. VA work averages five days. Narrative and commercial reports take two to five weeks. Those come from our delivered jobs since 2024, not from a brochure.

Talk to us

Call 984-360-8050 or email claude@globalappraisal.net.