Estate Settlement Appraisals in HI by Yamaguchi & Yamaguchi, Inc.

Estate settlement is an important and sometimes stressful task. As an executor you have been entrusted to carry out the wishes of the deceased as swiftly and exactly as possible. You can count on us to act quickly and with as much respect to the feelings of everyone in bereavement.

Attorneys and accountants depend on our ideals when calculating real property values for estates, divorces, or other disputes requiring a value being placed on real property. There are required needs for everyone; we are sympathetic to these necessities and are familiar to dealing with all parties involved. Among our staff, we are used to working with the courts in writing appraisal reports that out-strip their necessities.

Settling an estate most often requires an appraisal to show fair market value for the residential property affected. We empathize that in times like this, ordering an appraisal is the furthest thought from your mind. Because of this, often there can be times that the effective date of an appraisal report differs from the date of your loss. Yamaguchi & Yamaguchi, Inc. assures that our appraisers are familiar with the procedures and requirements needed by revenue services to perform a retroactive appraisal with an effective date and fair market value estimate matching the exact date your loved one passed away. The ethical obligations listed within the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) keeps our appraisers to confidentiality, assuring the strongest degree of privacy for you and your family.

The necessity of needing a real estate appraisal when cooperating with government agencies to prove income when filing documents is often unknown by most people.

An exhaustive report showing the appraiser's opinion of value is important to support the methods the appraiser used to come to his conclusions. Such a report will certainly demonstrate to the HI agencies that the numbers used are well-founded and correct.

An executor will be over-joyed by a report by Yamaguchi & Yamaguchi, Inc. which will provide him solid facts and figures to cooperate with the IRS and HI state agencies' requirements. It assures peace of mind to everyone concerned because we are there to stand behind the appraisal report if it is ever refuted.

Opinions of value used in documents filed with the revenue authorities absolutely should be supported by a comprehensive report as to how the appraiser acquired his conclusions.