Baton Rouge Divorce Appraisals Reasons NOT To Order Drive-By Published by Bill Cobb, Greater Baton Rouge's Home Appraiser 225-293-1500 http://www.batonrougedivorceappraisals.com

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Baton Rouge Divorce Home Appraisals: Reasons NOT To Order
Drive-By
Bill Cobb
The Wall Street Journal recently said, "In a divorce,
there's one person who is almost as important as the
lawyers: the real-estate appraiser." And, generally in a
divorce, the home is often one of the biggest assets
being divided. In a Baton Rouge Divorce, maintain as
much control of your life and your finances as possible.
Don't allow your Baton Rouge Divorce Attorney to
choose a Baton Rouge Drive-By Appraisal as the
method to value your home.
APPRAISAL METHODS - Full Inspections are most certain: Drive-By inspections are least certain.
Drive-By Appraisal Inspection - The appraiser evaluates the
home from the front of the property. This external evaluation is
combined with document research of public records completed
by the appraiser.
Walk-Through Appraisal Inspection - The appraiser will make
a physical inspection of the inside and exterior of the home. The
information gathered in this inspection will be combined with a
review of public record information to create the final appraisal.
Source: Guidelines For Home Appraisals

2. REASON 1.) Lack of Accuracy - Simply A Guess Is
Foolish
WHAT'S CORRECT LIVING AREA OF HOME?
Drive-By Appraisals can be simply a guess from the
street of gross living area size, age, number of
bedrooms and bathrooms and amenities. Certainly a
2,000sf home is valued higher than a 1,600sf home.
200sf, 400sf, 600sf, 1000sf differences make a huge
differences in value when homes in Baton Rouge are
selling between $60/sf up to $300/sf.
Can't the gross living area be obtained from the buiding
permit office? Short answer is yes and no and possibly
not. The East Baton Rouge Parish public records system
is decades behind the times, embarrassingly so. Permit
data was only recently within the past few years begun
to be compiled online, accessed by employees, not
online to the public. EBRP permit data is not even
available to the extent that the national Buildfax
Database doesn't even have records for Baton Rouge
based on my 10 attempts to use.
GBRMLS (Greater Baton Rouge Multiple Listing Service)
is the online resource for Baton Rouge
REALTORS® and Appraisers with data dating back to
1997. Sometimes, a home previously listed in MLS can
be pulled up for data, if it has been listed since 1997.
Do Drive-By Appraisals have a poor reputation? Generally Yes
unless significant verification from MLS or homeowners can be made.
Need Proof? Read: 'Drive By' Appraisal Shortchanges Homeowner By
$157,000
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read reasons 2-4
Divorce Home Appraisals Baton Rouge: 4 Reasons NOT To Order
Drive-By Appraisal
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