Appraisals for Estate Settlement by McDonald Appraisal Services

The responsibility of settling an estate, while stressful is very important. As an executor you have been entrusted to carry out the wishes of the deceased as promptly and exactly as possible. You can count on us to act quickly and with as much understanding to the feelings of everyone involved.

We've made a name for ourselves in producing excellent appraisals that lawyers and accountants have come to depend on. We realize their needs and are used to dealing with all parties involved. Among our staff, we are used to working with the courts in producing reports that meet their demands.

Contact us as soon as possible to discuss your specific estate appraisal needs and how we can put our experience to work for you.

Settling an estate commonly depends on an appraisal to show fair market value for the home affected. We empathize that when you lose a loved one, ordering an appraisal report is the furthest thought from your mind. Because of this, now and then there can be times that the date of an appraisal report deviates from the date of your loss. Our company is knowledgeable about the systems and requirements necessary to provide a retroactive appraisal with an effective date and fair market value estimate matching the exact date of death. The ethical requirements explained within the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) keeps our appraisers to confidentiality, guaranteeing the strongest degree of privacy for you and your family.

Most people don't realize that the IRS needs information filed to express the numbers involved in estate sales.

An exhaustive report showing the appraiser's opinion of value is important to support the methods the appraiser used to come to his conclusions. Such a report will definitely demonstrate to the CO agencies that the numbers used are well-founded and substantiated.

McDonald Appraisal Services will provide an well-founded report, which will provide an executor accurate facts and figures that will exceed IRS and revenue agency requirements. You need not be concerned over anything, because we will be there to stand by our reports if they are ever challenged.

Opinions of value used in documents filed with the the IRS and CO state agencies absolutely should be backed by a detailed report as to how the appraiser came to his conclusions.