Most of an appraisers work is done for lending purposes. While this is the major focus of an appraiser, many of the options left to appraisers to increase this work is not a free market as it was in years past where one could freely choose an appraiser to do the appraisal on their home for lending purposes are gone. If you are a person in a position to make the decisions on adding to your AMC of choice, then I'd love to touch base with you. The main purpose of this site though is to exhaust the non-lending side of the ledger for real estate owners or investors. The main objective for this website is to focus on the non lending scopes of work. So listed below are some of the options that would allow someone to freely choose an appraiser's services.

Appraisals

Real Estate Valuation
If you are looking to potentially list your home or are interested a future refinance and would like the secuity of knowing the value of your residence before hand, this is a great opportunity to set yourself at ease before making this decision.

Divorce Valuation
Unfortunately, divorce is a very common societal trend. Probably the number 1 item in discussion is the value of a home and it's assets as well as its equity are distributed. It is far too common though that value of a home is assumed. A home is typically the largest real property investment a family will make. If the unfortunate moment arises when this needs to be valuated for the purpose of a divorce, an arbitrary valuation on the property will lighten a load off of the high amount of stress involved in a divorce.

Estate Valuations
(family deaths) - Even more unfortunate than a divorce is a death in the family. When this occurs, many time a summation of the assests are needed to be summarized. A family members home is typically the largest part of that summation. Once again, getting documentation of the value of a home is paramount.

Company Asset Valuation
For investors who have multiple properties. If you need assessment on multiple properties of 2, 3 or 4 units for portfolio purposes, these are very common in the Treasure Valley.

Tax Assessment Valuations
This is typically reserved for times when the market takes a steep downturn quickly (as the late 2000's reminded us that it does happen) and tax assessed values make their way above market values, a valuation to file with the county could save you thousands of dollars a year. Typically county assessments are made in 1-3 year cycles. So, at times, their valuations could be greater than a properties market value.

Insurance Valuations
There are times when home owners are looking to add to their insurance policies and home valuations are part of that process. This is typical for unique properties like historic properties, over improved properties or properties located in geothermal regions.