Attention homeowners in BRADENTON and Manatee County: Get an Appraisal today!

The top seven reasons FL homeowners order from J. D. Burdick and Associates:

Pre-listing appraisals (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
Challenge a property tax assessment
To lower your mortgage payments by removing PMI
Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
To review a different appraiser's report for verification
If property needs to be divided because of a divorce
To settle an estate in FL by determining the true market value of property in question

Own a home in or near BRADENTON, FL and need help deciding the price of it?
Contact J. D. Burdick and Associates.

We at J. D. Burdick and Associates understand the individual needs of a customer in need of appraisal services. Our customary business clients are used to the appraisal process and the customary "products" we deliver to them. Being a person not in the real estate field that most likely doesn't see an appraisal on a regular basis,we will provide you with extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to better understand what we do and how we report our findings.

For Sale By Owner (FSBO)/Pre-Listing Services

Since you have an emotional attachment to your own home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at J. D. Burdick and Associates, will be objective. We'll tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. In addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal is very important as a negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer. It's something concrete to show your buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your house's value, not just how much your house is worth. Interested buyers know you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be more likely to give credibility to an experienced appraiser's value report than yours.

Need to remove PMI?

An attractive way to save money 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 is down below 80% of the value of your home. In most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan. At J. D. Burdick and Associates, we're seasoned in helping customers just like you delete unwanted and unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenging property tax assessments

If you live in an area that is declining or is not appreciating as much as other properties nearby, your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. This means you're going to pay higher taxes than you should be paying. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the quicker you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be. When contesting your property tax assessment, getting an expert appraisal from J. D. Burdick and Associates is your number one weapon.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender just might choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is in a declining area. Not only can this be inconvenient from a cash flow viewpoint, but it can be unfavorable to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. An efficient appraisal from J. D. Burdick and Associates can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Do You Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Have you just accepted a copy of your appraisal and you would like to have an expert double-check it for accuracy or do you desire a second opinion without the cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from J. D. Burdick and Associates can go out and check the subject and comps in a field review. Or, if you're in a rush, we can provide you with a desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

Do you need a retrospective review of an appraisal report? J. D. Burdick and Associates can help with that too. Even though this is usually requested by banks, you may need to take advantage of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.