online personal property appraiser and consultant
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Antiques and personal property appraisals onsite or online
A highly experienced general personal property appraiser now offers online appraisals . If you now have a quick challenging need for a professional valuation opinion I now offer quick 30 minute appraisals on line very cost effectively. I have been providing online appraisals of residential contents since Covid-19 hit in 2020. Since 1996 I have appraised most property types and just about every intended use imaginable. .
Hi! I'm Bill Novotny, Take a quick look at my background as an antique dealer, estate sale agent, general personal property appraiser...and More About Me. Most of my appraisal experience involves formal appraisal reporting for Litigation Support and expert testimony, IRS tax purposes and complex assignments. It is only in the last two years I have offered appraisal services online to the public nationwide. This is new territory. I am standing up to bat...Throw me your pitch...I'm looking for a home run on every call.
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For EVERY CALL I must first determine that I am competent to perform the consult service requested. Only then can I accept the appraisal consultant job if you choose to offer it to me. Only then will I understand the scope of work necessary to address and solve the task you initially present to me.
Credibility is job one for all appraisers. Whether you seek an oral online nationwide appraiser to appraise your personal property, or if you are a personal property appraiser with an appraisal assignment problem, I welcome your call and the opportunity to provide you with the exact service you need. . You should expect me to be able to solve your appraisal consulting problem whether about value or an appraisal review.
I will not accept an appraisal assignment to determine value or to solve another personal property appraisers frustrating issue(s). unless I can complete the appraisal consultation assignment competently.
Put the burden on me as your general residential contents appraiser, nationwide online consultant or appraiser mentor.
If you need an online appraisal of your residential contents I have a Special "Stay Safe" Covid offering: After a brief phone discussion I may offer an online or onsite (Home Office in San Gabriel) 30 minute appraisal consult for $90: Often this can be provided immediately after an online Zelle payment. I provide this service on Zoom or FaceTime. I note that some objects are not eligible for appraisal without an onsite inspection.
If you are an appraiser and you need an online nationwide appraisal consultant to mentor you through a problem I now have a COVID-19 SPECIAL for appraisers: A 15 minute online appraisal consultation for $40 (prepayment required)
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Call 626-292-2224 or email me
My home office is in San Gabriel. I have served Southern California residents for over 40 years as an antique dealer, estate sale agent or appraiserl. I have liquidated or appraised hundreds of residential contents. When necessary I will prepare for you a comprehensive, very professional and appropriate formally written report that will meet all applicable requirements. I welcome challenging assignments and have embraced many. I also offer oral reports which is the best and most cost effective choice for many clients. I can appraise most types of personal property. I am experienced with most types of appraisal assignments. Since Covid I offer fast, low-cost, online, national oral appraisal reports via zoom and face time (when appropriate). Value in Doubt? Find Out! Call me now! 626-292-2224
A capable online appraisal is guided and informed by the appraisal process which is factual, objective and market based. All personal property appraisers are guided by, and must comply with, national minimum standards for appraisals and appraisers called the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). USPAP follows the appraisal process for both development and reporting of assignment results.
After the savings and loan meltdown in the late 1980's, which put our nation's economy at financial risk, appraisal standards and qualifications for appraisers were mandated by congress which required the states to enforce USPAP. All appraiseris should comply with USPAP to protect the public. USPAP was developed and adopted by the Appraisal Foundation's (TAF) Appraisal Standards Board (ASB) to protect the public.
I was the first personal property appraiser to be certified by the Appraiser Qualifications Board (AQB) to teach USPAP to personal property appraisers. I have continued teaching USPAP regularly since 2002. Based on this strong background I now offer my fellow appraisers a nationwide online appraisal mentoring service as a nationwide online appraisal consultant specialist. Find out how to protect yourself from an unqualified appraiser! I can solve valuation challenges for you online nationwide or onsite in San Gabriel, the Los Angeles area and throughout Southern California. To obtain a personal property appraisal call (626) 292-2224 or EMAIL NOW
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The universe of personal property is almost limitless including all kinds of antiques, furniture, decorative and fine art, collectibles, glass, metals, ceramics, toys, dolls, lighting, textiles, rugs, quilts, samplers, couture and designer clothing, ephemera, books, posters, folk art, collectible military objects, sporting and scientific objects, far east Asian objects (China, Japan, Korea etc), Native American objects, general household goods and residential contents (both appreciating and depreciating). From 1980 to 1995 I had a quarter million collectible records (33rpm - 45rpm - 78rpm, cylinders etc) at his 20,000 and then 8000 square foot antiques stores in Glendale California. I have 40+ years of multi-market level experience in pricing, selling and appraising household contents. By virtue of almost daily study I am able to appraise personal property of most types online (as appropriate) and onsite or online I note that an online inspection differs from a personal inspection.
I can appraise most types of objects and most types of intended uses. Call me now 626-292-2224 for your personal property appraisal needs.
It may be useful and appropriate for you to prepare for my personal property inspection. For instance:
- Tag and number objects requiring appraisal room by room, left to right and top to bottom.
- Place subject personal property where it is easy to examine and handle (table or nearby flat surface).
- Assemble sets, list the components and quantity of each.
- Write down identification essentials e.g. artist names, makers or manufacturers, pattern or serial numbers etc.
- Disclose damage and repair issues for every item as we proceed
- For oral appraisals document my appraisal by consecutive numbers with brief handwritten notes (which will authenticate my signed oral report form).
- I allow and encourage you to video tape or make an audio recording of my oral appraisal (Note: I can defend my opinions).
- You may inventory and photograph each object as proof of ownership in case of a later loss