Who We Help Lenders.  Would you take your borrower's word for it that the eight year old CNC milling machine he has is worth $75,000? The FDIC reports that banks don't do a good enough job estimating value of collateral. Knowing the value of a borrower's hard asset collateral minimizes risk. We can help simplify decision making and improve reliability and safety of the portfolio with Market Value and Liquidation Value appraisals. We specialize in SBA loan appraisals. We update existing appraisals for currency. Attorneys.  An accurate independent appraisal helps your argument! A professional appraisal is a must for bankruptcies, foreclosures, mergers and acquisitions, business dissolutions, probate of closely held business assets as well as division of assets. Our appraisers have been accepted as expert witnesses in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Accountants.  Number crunching the per share par value isn't necessarily an accurate valuation! You need to know "real world" value when advising clients on selling a business or dissolving a partnership. There are times when you need to know market value. The IRS requires "fair market value" appraisals for estate assets. How do you establish a basis for the value of  "good will" when you don't know the market value of the tangible assets? We can especially help with value allocation: appraising the value of tangible personal property sold along with real estate for establishing depreciation schedules. Insurers/Risk Managers.  Accurate, easy-to-understand appraisals are the cornerstone of sound risk management. An independent appraisal of the value of machinery & equipment and business and commercial assets eliminates relying on fuzzy recollections about what assets were worth before the disaster struck! We establish replacement cost values based on the current market and can keep them current through periodic updates. Business Owners & Corporations.  Your banker probably overlooks or undervalues your tangible assets as collateral. What is the value of your significant capital equipment for insurance purposes? How much should you expect to recover if you sold surplus assets at auction? Or be able to write off if you donated them? If a competitor or partner wants to buy you out, how would you decide on a price that will show the IRS that the capital assets changed hands at a fair market value? We have the expertise to help. Health Care Professionals. Health care is changing! It always is. Politics and market forces have put health care through some big changes. If selling or buying a small medical practice how are you determining the value of the assets versus the Good Will? A supportable 'real world' appraisal of tangible equipment assets is critical to a reliable business valuation that the IRS needs to see when a practice is bought or sold. We provide expert medical practice asset valuations.