Canteja Appraisal Services

"The owner not only wanted a typical appraisal but also research a probable listing price. This was an additional set of comps to research since I needed to look at the possible current competition to analyze those prices and houses compared to his. This required additional time and effort. Which I did not charge any additional fee for. Therefore, the delivery of the appraisal took longer than originally quoted."

"Much of what this homeowner said is absolutely true. I do make sure I tell my clients about my experience as an appraiser. I tell them about all my certifications, qualifications, and licenses. I want my clients to know that I do have experience and am not a new appraiser. I do tell them that I am also a realtor (which in the past 18 + years have only met 2 other appraisers that are also realtors). Being a realtor makes me a better appraiser and being an appraiser makes me a better realtor. And by state law, I must always wear both hats and disclose. So informing this homeowner that I was also a realtor is a state law requirement. And if the potential buyer of this property did not buy the property and these homeowners had to list the property, I told them about the importance of ensuring that accurate square footage data was used in the MLS and valuing the property by their realtor. That more and more I am doing appraisals for purchases and the SF of the property was copied directly from the tax records and not verified by the listing agent. And many times the tax records information is incorrect and low. In this situation, the property should have been listed and sold for a higher amount. That the listing agent just gave away some homeowners equity by not verifying the SF of the property. I wanted to be sure if these homeowners went the route of listing the property that they make sure the accurate SF was used by their realtor. As far as what tool/process I use to do the appraisals. Thus the discussion of, I do the research and the inspections. Then after creating the digital file per regulations, I send it to one of my assistants to input the data in the forms. Then my assistant sends it back to me where I review and verify the data in the forms, and go thru each comparable listing comment and picture to be sure I am making accurate adjustments. Then I finalize the appraisals and send them out. Not sure when I would have time to drum up new business while someone else was doing all the work, nor do I need to. Already have plenty. What I really find amazing and the MOST IMPORTANT THING is that nothing was said about the actual appraisal report. Did she agree with it? Did I miss any important information? Was the information in the appraisal incorrect? Not a negative word or comment. So she does not like me. She did not hire me to be her friend, she hired me to do her appraisal. Since there were no negative comments actually about the appraisal, I guess I did my job. Of course, she does not mention that she needed it in a hurry and I dropped all my other work to meet her quick due date without charging her any additional fee. This is an example that you cannot please everybody all of the time. But if you look at my other reviews, I do please most of the people most of the time. "Very professional and knowledgeable" "Definitely worth the money" "Very thorough and dedicated to her work" "Fair and well research report. Professional and efficient. Asked the right questions to include key home improvements. Well done" "Candy provided an in-depth detailed appraisal of my mother property within a week of my request. Her pricing I thought was very fair". And there is lots more. Please read."

"First off, it has been 10 days since I received the contact information. Not OVER 2 WEEKS. This can be verified thru HomeAdvisor. It is not 1 appraisal it is 2 on the same house. One based on current condition and one for proposed improvements value. So twice the work, twice the research, etc. I have been working on both of them. The appraisal based on current condition is a challenge due to houses lack of improvements and upkeep. I have been researching other similar house sales in this market area to obtain accurate and verifiable statistical data to support adjustments needed to accurately adjust for current inferior condition. There simply are no sales in previous year in this market area in this condition, they are all in superior condition. This is time consuming in order to provide an accurate value. That is what I do, provide ACCURATE values. They are not always quick values depending on each individual situation. But they are always ACCURATE and SUPPORTED. I think my other review support this."

"Home owner was sent a check months ago, but obviously she never received it. Not sure why, but there is a divorce occurring in that residence. Once homeowner informed me that she had not received the check, she was paid thru paypal. This was a nasty divorce (maybe that could have something to do with the missing check), with a huge house with a Olympic inside pool, apartment above the garage, extensive mold in pool area, extreme lack of regular maintenance and finished punch list from when house was built. Two areas of support structure on second floor were failing and were being up by 2 x 4's, front wrap porch that was failing. Those were just the main issues. After inspecting the house and learning of the conflicting court battle in the future, I did not want to get involved with this. Nice homeowner, just did not want to obligate my time to possible multiple court appearances."