Michael Scheu knows the special needs of estate executors

Estate settlement is often stressful, but a very important job. As an executor you have been entrusted to carry out the wishes of the departed as promptly and with as much dignity as possible. You can count on us to act quickly and with as much understanding to the feelings of everyone involved.

We've shown that we're experts in supplying top-notch appraisals that lawyers and accountants have come to rely on. We understand their needs and are acclimated to working with all parties involved. We compose appraisal reports that out-strip the needs of the courts and various groups.

Contact us promptly to discuss your exact estate appraisal specifications and how we can put our business acumen to work for you.

Settling an estate commonly demands an appraisal to establish fair market value for the house involved. We understand that when you lose a loved one, acquiring an appraisal report is the furthest thought from your mind. Because of this, often there will be times that the date of an appraisal differs from the time of death. Michael Scheu assures that our appraisers are knowledgeable about the procedures and requirements needed by the IRS and OH revenue agencies to provide a retroactive appraisal with an effective date and fair market value estimate matching the exact date of death. The ethical requirements explained within the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) conforms our staff to confidentiality, guaranteeing the fullest degree of discretion for you and your loved ones.

Most of the time people do not fully realize the requirement to have a comprehensive real estate appraisal produced in support of the numbers being used in general documents filed with the IRS.

Opinions of value used in documents provided to the revenue authorities definitely should be supported by an exhaustive report as to how the appraiser came to his conclusions. In having a report supported by Michael Scheu's expert staff, you will have the knowledge that the numbers displayed in the report will definitely demonstrate to the authorities that the numbers used are accurate and correct.

Michael Scheu guarantees an accurate report, which will provide an executor clear facts and figures that will meet IRS and state agency requirements. It assures peace of mind to everyone concerned because we are there to stand behind the appraisal report if it is ever refuted.

An accurate report showing the appraiser's opinion of value is necessary to support the methods the appraiser used to come to his conclusions.