My story is very similar to the other bad complaint. Pat promised the appraisal by October 21. It…read moreis now almost 2 months past that date. For weeks after this deadline, he would promise to have the appraisal to us by the next day; however now he has completely ghosted us. He will not answer his phone, return emails or phone calls. I feel forced to hire another appraiser which will be more expensive now that we are under a time crunch. Unfortunately we will be forced to file a complaint with the licensing agency as well and sue him for the return of the retainer.

I had a great experience with Jim Pat Mitchell and Mitchell Valuation in getting my tax appraisal…read morelowered. I own a 4 acre undeveloped tract of land near Dripping Springs that many firms were unwilling to engage on. Many of them simply said it was too difficult to dispute appraisals on undeveloped lands. Jim didn't hesitate to take on my case and was very responsive. He quickly provided a very thorough appraisal of my property. Jim was upfront and honest with me. He under promised and overdelivered and in the end lowered my tax appraisal by over 30%. Jody C.

This is way over due. I wish I can give him 10 stars for rating!…read moreI was searching for a place to sell all my gold pieces, some in good shape, some that I had collected over the 20 years, many were broken and bent, just gold jewelry that I had and didn't wear anymore. I found B & B Diamonds.. saw all the great high reviews and great positive comments. Sent a message and within an hour, I received a response from Alon, made an appointment for Friday. Alon is the best in town, we had the best conversation, felt like I have known him for years! He doesn't pressure you at all, he will give you the best fair reasonable price, HANDS DOWN! I was nervous going to meet him to sell and get rid of my 14k, 18k, 22k, 24k white and yellow gold and some small platinum earrings. If you're looking to sell and get rid of your gold jewelry, don't go to a pawn shop, reach out to Alon! You won't be disappointed! Cause I will for sure since I found more gold jewelry that I don't wear, that is collecting dust.

Brought some jewelry in to sell as well as a ring that I was looking for more information about. He…read morewas knowledgeable and offered fair prices with no pressure. Ended up selling him all of my items. Highly recommend for both appraisal evaluation and fair prices

My fiance and I were informed by our landlord that she was intending on selling the home we have…read morebeen renting for the last two years. As a courtesy she wanted to give us first offer. Neither of us had a solid idea of what the home was worth so we agreed to split the cost of an appraisal. We found reaa online and saw all the good reviews here on yelp and made the decision to hire them. My first phone call went to voicemail but I was contacted back within the hour by Rob. He set us an appointment with Dale for a time that worked with our schedules. Dale arrived on time and was very pleasant. The appointment did not take long and we had a report in the next few days. Although the value came out much higher than we could afford to offer, we were very happy with the speed and ease of the service. When we decide to buy a home we will definitely call Rob and his team.

Ron Temple claims he has been doing appraisals for 15 years. When I spoke to him about appraising…read moremy listing he was very arrogant. He did NOT get the appraisal done in a week --as promised to both the bank and me. We were supposed to close on Dec 13th. The Mortgage Company (who hired him) would not accept his sloppy appraisal and refused to use it. So now our closing has been delayed by 2 weeks while the Mortgage Company scrambles to get another Appraisal done. What a pompous a** this guy is!! Erin Foster Realtor 24 years experience

Alexandra was super professional and great to work with. She looked at my grandma old jewelry and a…read moresapphire necklace. Highly recommend going to her!

I am so thankful I found Taylor Hall to appraise a few pieces of family jewelry for me. Finding a…read moregood appraiser is not easy, and I'm so relieved to have lucked upon Alexandra. Alexandra was so helpful throughout the entire appraisal process - she was very transparent and thorough, and I have no doubt she is the best in the business. She's passionate and knowledgeable, and made me feel included in her process. I've already passed her info along to my friends and family who need jewelry appraisals!

Had someone buy a motorcycle part off me accidentally sent the money to the ceo of this company on…read morecashapp and dude decline to send back and blocked us this is the co-founder of the company and how he lives daily life. I wouldn't trust him for shit.

I love that Titan Real Estate is an Austin built & rooted company and had nothing short of a…read morepleasant experience working with them. Titan is, most importantly, extremely knowledgeable and professional in the real estate market. I especially appreciated the accuracy & timeliness of how fast the appraisal was submitted. If you're looking for a quick & reliable appraisal, this is who you need to contact!

A shockingly bad appraisal as Lance: 1) Missed a bathroom in…read moreour house 2) Initially excluded the house sold next door as a comp. 3) Exaggerated the land area of the house sold next door as a comp by 31%. 4) Exaggerated the square footage of the house sold next door as a comp by 6%. 5) Subtracted $10K for having more bathrooms and and 1 more bedroom than the house next door. I pointed out these mistakes, but he wouldn't correct his appraisal. We had to throw this appraisal out and go elsewhere.

We recently considered refinancing our home to pull out equity and our rural home was appraised by…read morethis Austin appraiser. The appraisal came back $100k less than the local appraisal district and $45k less than the formal appraisal done by a local rural appraiser on the same property before we bought the home 3 years ago. Some disparity can be expected, and part of the CAD's higher appraisal was based off of inaccurate square footage, but even so, land values in our area have gone up, not down, and there should not have been such a great disparity between the two professional appraisals. The Post Oak appraiser Lance Lester failed to list all of the rooms in our home properly and referenced a comp from a land sale from over a year ago to get a price per acre, but would not look at closer, more recent land sales that showed the price per acre at over $7k more than the value he used. He also used comps from a neighboring county from over a year ago, but would not consider more recent comps from the same neighboring county because he said it was a "neighboring county and the schools were better, so the properties weren't really comparable." The schools in both counties are actually rated the same-C's-so it is doubtful schools are a huge factor in deciding where to live in our area--plus, how can he use comps from that neighboring county (much further away within it) but then refuse to look at other, closer and more recent comps in that SAME neighboring county? Our home is one of only two in the town we live in that is in our county. Every other home in our town is in that "neighboring county"--it was clear he was not familiar with our area. In speaking with local realtors and another local appraiser-they feel his refusal to look at those comps was ridiculous and that his valuation is way off. With such limited sales in the rural area and the variance in types of homes, it is necessary to make adjustments to use what is available. His refusal to look at more recent sales based of of criteria he ignored when picking his own comps does not make sense. Save yourself the hassle if you need a rural appraisal-- use a local, rural specialist--and find someone willing to look at the facts and not be hypocritical on criteria for comps used. He seemed more concerned with being justified than in getting an accurate value on our home.

Unfortunately, my review board (ARB) experience on my property tax protest was biased and skirted…read moretax code principles. The lack of accountability and upfront nature of it was shocking, considering I recorded the whole thing. 1. When requested at the end, the board did not give me their sworn affidavits 2. The board verbalized that they didn't receive U&E (uniform and equal) evidence for the recording when I had 5 copies brought to the meeting, with a copy for each plus the appraiser. 3. Even after I withdrew my market protest and the appraiser had no U&E evidence prepared, the board disregarded the U&E evidence in favor of the market evidence (even after my formal withdraw of the market protest) - completely against tax code. Despite my repeated emphasis that market value was not my protest basis, the ARB members repeatedly circled back purchase price as a reason not to reduce the valuation. This shows a clear violation of the Texas Property Tax Code principle that U&E and market must be treated independently. Their closing logic was telling: "He's purchased this house... and he's saying I want less... the district has met the requirements..." Not sure if it's poor training or just apathy. The district has NOT met the requirements of the Texas tax code. Unfortunately, the ARB hearing is such a waste of time. Just skip it for arbitration.

TCAD is no one's favorite place. But they do a good job and try to be fair. If you protest your…read moretaxes as long as you know what they evaluate you'll do fine. It's not Zillow, Redfin, reports or price per square foot. There are a lot of elements they measure.. pictures, property comparisons in terms of age, size, condition for your area is what mostly matters. For your area- think your street, neighborhood. If they are are old house they will be compared that way. Receipts, bids, proposals, photos are all helpful. Fact/evidence based decisions are how values are arrived at.