Selling your home in or near McHenry County? Contact Schaid Appraisals and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays you in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like an appraiser, it's difficult for them to fully grasp local real estate values.

This isn't a discussion of the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want to sell it for. Instead, the appraisal measures how much your home will bring on the open market.

Contact us for details regarding services specialized for home sellers.

For Sale By Owner?

Quite a few IL homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, quickly and for top dollar, you need a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, we're human too, we understand its difficult hard to take an objective look at own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will inform you of what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

In addition to helping you set a sensible asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very useful bargaining tool when you find a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
  • Alert you of problems and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
  • Help decrease the odds of unidentified problems that cause sales to go up in smoke

It can be surprising to people to discover their home's value is higher than they first thought. So spending a little on an appraisal allowed them to receive several thousand more than they originally thought. Alternatively, some people have an inflated opinion when they put a value on their home, by getting an appraisal it gave then the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of gathering dust on the market for months. Selling too high will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

We also help agents price homes in McHenry County

You may have an extremely skilled agent but it's definitely a good idea to have an objective third-party's opinion of your home's value to finalizing a listing agreement. Schaid Appraisals can help. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a precise description of your home's characteristics and a detailed breakdown of the newest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Consulting services for IL Sellers: Have a local expert at your disposal

Don't need an entire appraisal but still need some information about the health of your area's real estate? If you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you still want assistance analyzing local sales and property data. We have services designed especially for customers like you to help with your real estate decisions.

Here's what you can expect when you order an appraisal from ....

  • Fast response to your initial inquiry: We personalize information to the needs of our customers We'll be delighted to provide suggestions, just tell us what your situation is
  • Quick turnaround time: Typically one week or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: When dealing with appraisal and consulting, "One size does NOT fit all." We offer a variety of types of reports, and have know how at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Any follow up questions? You can expect a prompt follow-up from Schaid Appraisals: When we deliver a report to our clients, we make sure they are written in plain English, simple to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion regarding your appraisal, once you've read the report, just give us a call or email us!