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Attention homeowners in Maple Grove and Hennepin County: Get an Appraisal today!

Here are the top reasons Minnesota homeowners order from Fortress Next Day:

  1. Find the right listing price (whether they're selling the home on their own or using an agent)
  2. To challenge your property tax assessment in Minnesota
  3. Remove PMI to cut a mortgage payments
  4. Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. Verify a different appraiser's report
  6. In the case of a divorce in the state of Minnesota, when real estate property needs to be divided
  7. Settle an estate in Minnesota by determining the true market value of real estate
Do you own a home in or near Maple Grove? Do you need help determining the price of your real estate? Contact Fortress Next Day.

At Fortress Next Day, we understand the particular needs of a homeowner looking for appraisal services. Our typical business clients get the appraisal process and the usual documents we provide. As our client, you can expect extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more fully understand what we do and how we report our findings.

For-Sale-by-Owner (FSBO) / Pre-Listing Services

Since you have an emotional attachment to your own house, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Our professional appraisers at Fortress Next Day are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we will tell you what you need to know. A professional appraisal is a crucial negotiating tool once you have an attainable buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your home will attract interested buyers. It's something tangible to show the buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your home's market value, not just how much your home is worth. Potential buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be more likely to give credibility to a qualified appraiser's value estimation than yours.

Challenge a property tax assessment

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if you live in an area that is going down or not appreciating as much as other properties nearby. This only means you are most likely paying higher taxes than you should be paying. The earlier you take care of a matter like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. When contesting your property tax assessment, getting an expert appraisal from Fortress Next Day is your strongest weapon.

Appraisals to cancel PMI

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A fashionable way to cut expenses for homeowners is to get the PMI eliminated from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan amount is less than 80% of the value of your home. In most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan. Fortress Next Day is seasoned in helping folks just like you abolish unnecessary PMI insurance.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender might just decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is in or near a declining area. This can be destructive to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also difficult and inconvenient from a cash flow point of view. Fortress Next Day can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Do You Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Would you prefer a second opinion without the cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you want a professional to double-check your appraisal for verity? We can go out and check the subject and comparables in a field review. If you need it ASAP, we'll provide you with a desk review and verify as many facts as we can, using online data sources as well as our own files.

We can also provide a retrospective review of any appraisal you may have had done before. While typically requested by banks, you may wish to exercise this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.