Kathleen “Kat” Bryce is your Southwest Florida expert specializing in residential appraisals and market analysis within Lee and Collier Counties. Trust your appraisal needs to an appraiser that is experienced in the Southwest Florida marketplace.  Kat brings a strong Business, Construction, and Software Development background into her appraisal practice, resulting in an eye for your home's best features. 

Waterfront properties in Lee County are especially challenging, depending on water depth, canal width and run time to open water, your waterfront property should be valued by an appraiser that understands all the nuances involved in your waterfront homesite.

Market Analysis of the Southwest Florida marketplace is another specialty that Kat brings to every appraisal report. Check back often to understand what South West Florida’s marketplace is doing.  Kat has been published in Appraisal Scoop.com for her article on charting market trends. Want to know more?

Check out her how-to article “Simple Charting with MS Excel”

This chart is just one example of the market analysis provided to homeowners, Realtors, Lenders, Lawyers or Accountants.  What is your market doing?


Providing appraisals for all forms of residential appraisal assignments. Kat has experience with high-end beachfront estates to manufactured homes on acreage, also, specializing in waterfront properties in Cape Coral and on Pine Island and the Beaches.

Appraisals services provided include:

  • Market Analysis
  • Single Family Homes
  • 2-4 Multifamily Homes
  • Vacant Land
  • Manufactured
  • Large Estates

Appraisals are also provided for other services including:

  • FHA
  • Reverse Mortgages
  • PMI Removal
  • Divorces
  • Estates
  • Pre-listing or Pre-Offer
  • Short sale
  • Litigation
  • REO
  • Forclosure
  • Review

Want to know what your home is worth; check online at many of the free services such as Zillow. If you want to know more, call us for pricing as we offer many levels of appraisal services, to suit all needs. Prices range from $50.

How about a Pre-listing appraisal before listing your home to shorten your days on the marketplace? Or, call us before making that offer to purchase for a Pre-Offer appraisal to insure that you are not paying too much.  Often an appraisal can convince a bank to accept an offer at a short-sale.

Are you having trouble convicing the bank to accept your short sale offer.  Providing the Bank with an appraisal from a professional appraiser will get your offers approved. 

 


You can find great local Fort Myers, Florida real estate information on Localism.com Kathleen "Kat" Bryce is a proud member of the ActiveRain Real Estate Network, a free online community to help real estate professionals grow their business.







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