Attention homeowners in Orlando and Orange County: Need an appraisal?

Check out the top 7 reasons FL homeowners hire TLM Appraisal Services:

  1. Find the right listing price (whether they're selling the home themselves or using a real estate agent)
  2. Challenge a property tax assessment
  3. Remove PMI to cut a monthly mortgage payment
  4. To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. To review a different appraiser's report for verification
  6. If real estate needs to be divided because of a divorce
  7. To determine the true market value of property in question to settle an estate in Orange county or FL

Own a home in or near Orlando, FL and need help determining the value of it?
Contact TLM Appraisal Services.

We at TLM Appraisal Services understand the unique needs of a customer after appraisal services. While our typical clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get extra 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

It's very hard to be objective about your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at TLM Appraisal Services, will be objective. We'll tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. A professional appraisal is very valuable as a negotiating tool once you have an attainable buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your house will attract buyers. The appraisal is something tangible to show the buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your house's value, and not just you saying how much your home is worth. Interested buyers know you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be much more likely to give credibility to an expert appraiser's value judgement than yours.

PMI Removal Appraisals

A popular money saver for homeowners is getting the PMI eliminated from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan amount is less than 80% of the value of your home. In most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan. At TLM Appraisal Services, we're qualified in helping clients just like you abolish unneeded and unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenge a property tax assessment

If you live in an area that is declining or is not appreciating as much as other properties close to yours, your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued. This means you are most likely paying higher taxes than you should be paying. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the earlier you take care of a matter like this, the better off you'll be. Getting an appraisal report from TLM Appraisal Services is your #1 weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender might just choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is close to a declining area. This can be be damaging to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also inconvenient from a cash flow standpoint. TLM Appraisal Services can help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Also Provide Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just accepted a copy of your appraisal and you would like to have a professional double-check it for preciseness or do you want a second opinion without the charge and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? We can go out and check the subject and comps in question in a field review. Or, if you're in a rush, we can provide desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

We can also provide you with a a retrospective review of any appraisal you may have in your possession. While usually requested by banks, you may wish to take advantage of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.