Real estate appraisal services for homeowners in the city of Plattsmouth and Cass County

The top seven reasons why NE homeowners use Brink Residential Appraisal Services:

To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
To challenge a NE property tax assessment
To cut a mortgage payments by removing PMI
To reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
Review a different appraiser's report for verification
In the case of a NE divorce, where real estate property needs to be divided
Determine the true market value of real estate in question to settle an estate

Need help determining the value of your home in or near Plattsmouth, NE?
Contact Brink Residential Appraisal Services.

At Brink Residential Appraisal Services, we understand the individual needs of a customer seeking appraisal services. While our typical business clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get an extra level of customer service in the form of an explanation of the process and even special consumer-friendly reporting forms if the assignment allows for them.

Pre-listing Services/For Sale By Owner

Since you have an emotional attachment to your house, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Our professional appraisers at Brink Residential Appraisal Services are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we'll tell you what you need to know. A professional appraisal is very valuable as a negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your property will attract interested buyers. It's something tangible to show your buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your home's value, and not just how much your home is worth. Potential buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be more likely to give credibility to a professional appraiser's value assessment than yours.

Appraisals to remove PMI

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A preferred way to cut costs for homeowners is getting the PMI removed from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is down below 80% of the value of your property. In most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan. Brink Residential Appraisal Services is seasoned in helping folks just like you abolish unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenge Cass county's assessment of your property

Lets say your home is not appreciating as much as other homes nearby -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. This only means you are going to pay higher taxes than you should be paying. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the sooner you take care of a matter like this, the better. When challenging your property tax assessment, getting a professional appraisal from Brink Residential Appraisal Services is your strongest weapon.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender might just decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is in a declining area. Not only can this be difficult from a cash flow angle, but it can be damaging to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. An expert appraisal from Brink Residential Appraisal Services can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Do you need a veteran appraiser to double-check your appraisal for preciseness, or do you want a second opinion without the cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Brink Residential Appraisal Services offers field reviews where we go out and check the subject and comparables in question. Or, if you need it ASAP, we can provide you with a desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

Need a retrospective review of an appraisal? We can help with that too. While typically requested by banks, you may need to make use of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.