Putting a house on the market in or near Alameda County? Contact OTMA, Inc. and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it's worth the money in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's practically impossible for them to understand the nuances of local real estate values.

This isn't a discussion of how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Rather, the appraisal measures the true market value of your home.

Contact us for any questions regarding services specialized for home sellers.

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

More and more CA homeowners are choosing 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, with minimal waiting 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 difficult 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.

Not only will getting a professional appraisal help you set a sensible selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Allow you to have the edge while bargaining when you find a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
  • Make you aware of issues and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
  • Help decrease the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to backslide

It can be surprising to people to discover their home's value is higher than they originally thought. So by taking the first step and investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they expected they would get. Others have an an inflated impression of the value of 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 sitting on the market for months. An overpriced home will not attract buyers, which means no offers and no closing, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

Pre-listing appraisals in Fremont

Even if you have with a very skillful agent, it's definitely a good idea to have an unbiased second opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. And that's where OTMA, Inc. comes in. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a definitive writeup of your home's features and a detailed analysis of the newest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

OTMA, Inc. also provide general consulting

Don't need an entire appraisal but would like some information about the health of your area's real estate? You might feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you require assistance analyzing local sales and property data. We can provide assistance for your real estate decisions with services especially tailored for customers with your real estate needs.

When you order an appraisal report through us, expect the following....

  • Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our clients We'll be delighted to offer suggestions, just let us know what your situation is
  • Swift turnarounds for appraisals: Usually in a weeks time or less from the date the request is received, we can have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've worked on a lot of assignments, and we understand that when it comes real estateappraising there isn't a typical or standard, "cookie cutter" assignment. We provide quite a few different of report types, and have an abundance of experience at providing appraisals to clients minus the in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Quick response to follow-up questions: When we create reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. Should you have any confusion dealing your appraisal, once you've read the report, we suggest that you email or call us!