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Kurt Rehak - Licensed Appraiser
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Appraisal - Real Estate

Serving Cecilton, MD and surrounding areas

In business since 1998

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

Our company does residential and commercial appraisals/consulting. Currently we do not offer brokerage services other than valuations. I have been Certified since 1998. For over 23 years, we have been reliable and one of the most informative appraisers on the East Coast. We're very flexible both with pay and scheduling. I can tailor things to your needs because clear communication and your satisfaction are the most important things to me and my business. We specialize in residential and commercial market valuations, divorce, expert witness testimony for lending and non-lending purposes. We appraise all types of real property to include but not limited to all types of residential dwellings, offices, mixed use, industrial, commercial, churches (special use), and right of way appraisals. We do not appraise personal belongings. We do not do surveys.

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Property Appraiser questions, answered by experts

In most cases, installing a tennis court on your property will drive up your property taxes. Property taxes are determined, in part, based on improvements made to your property, which includes anything with a permanent foundation. Since most home tennis courts include a large concrete foundation, your property taxes will likely increase following the installation. A general rule of thumb is that if your project requires permits—like for a foundation or fencing for a tennis court—then your property taxes will be affected.

While a finished basement adds value to your home, it is assigned a different value than space on the main floors. An appraiser will assess the square footage of a finished basement at about 50% to 60% of the value of the square footage for the rest of your home. Appraisal value for a finished basement depends on your location’s real estate market and the specifics of the basement and how it was finished. 

A koi pond may add value to your home if it’s a feature sellers are looking for. Like pools, ponds can affect your property value depending on their condition, whether they’re a popular selling point, and how well they’re incorporated into your home’s landscape.

If you can’t find any records online, you’ll need to contact your county clerk’s office to do further research. They should have property records on file, or can at least point you in the right direction of who to contact. You can also speak with your neighbors about when their houses were built because they were likely built around the same time.

In cases where an appraisal comes in lower than an offer price, sellers might opt to lower their asking price to meet the appraisal, especially if the market is slow, and replacing the offer with a higher one may take a long time. Sellers can also offer to make repairs to boost the appraised value, hire another appraiser to get a second opinion, or just move on to another offer that isn’t contingent on the buyer getting a mortgage or an appraisal inspection.

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