Real appraisals for homeowners
Cut your property
tax bill.
If your home is over-assessed, you’re overpaying every single year — and your county won’t fix it unless you appeal with real evidence. A licensed appraisal is that evidence. Check whether an appeal is worth it for $5, before you spend a dime on the appraisal.
The math
Pay once.
Save every year.
A successful appeal doesn’t just lower this year’s bill — the corrected assessment carries forward. Most homeowners who win recover the cost of the appraisal in the first year, then keep the savings after that. And if the numbers say an appeal isn’t worth it, the $5 check tells you that too — an honest no, before you spend real money.
- $5 savings check first — real assessment data, not a quiz
- $225 desktop appraisal for straightforward homes ($600+ for complex or inspection-required cases)
- Your $5 is credited toward the appraisal
- County-specific cover letter and evidence pack included
- Signed by a state-licensed appraiser — defensible at the board
Every reason homeowners need a real appraisal
Tax appeals are the headline — but the same 15-minute walkthrough powers a licensed, USPAP-compliant appraisal for whatever life throws at your house.
Property tax appeal
Fight an inflated assessment with a defensible, licensed valuation. Pay once, save every year.
Estate & probate
Date-of-death valuations prepared the way probate courts and the IRS expect.
Divorce
A neutral, court-defensible value both parties’ attorneys can rely on.
Pre-listing & pricing
Know your home’s real market value before you list or negotiate a buyout.
PMI removal
Prove your equity once and stop paying mortgage insurance every month.
Appeal deadlines by county
Every county runs its own appeal calendar. Find yours before the window closes.
How it works
You do the walkthrough on your phone. A licensed appraiser does the rest. No strangers in your home, no scheduling, no waiting rooms.
Tell us about the home
Address, basic details, why you need the appraisal. Two minutes.
Scan your home
Walk each room with your phone camera and narrate what you see. The app guides you through the full walkthrough in about 15 minutes.
A licensed appraiser reviews
A state-licensed appraiser in your market reviews your scan, pulls comparable sales, and prepares the report. Typically 48–72 hours.
Get your report
A defensible, USPAP-compliant appraisal you can hand to your tax board, your attorney, your CPA, or your buyer.
What you get
A real appraisal.
Not a Zestimate.
Zillow and Redfin give you an automated estimate. Those numbers carry no legal weight — a tax board, probate court, or estate attorney will not accept them. Appraisal Hawk delivers the document that actually counts: a USPAP-compliant appraisal signed by a licensed human appraiser in your state.
- State-licensed appraiser (not an AVM or algorithm)
- USPAP-compliant written report
- Photo exhibits from your walkthrough
- Comparable sales with source citations
- Defensible in tax appeals, probate, and court
- Delivery as PDF + secure link
We’re not an AVM, a computer model, or a real-estate agent estimate. Every report is prepared under the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and signed by a licensed appraiser in your state — the same qualification required for mortgage appraisals.
Questions homeowners ask
A real, licensed appraisal. A state-licensed appraiser reviews your walkthrough and comparable sales and signs the report under USPAP standards — the same qualification required for mortgage appraisals.
Yes. Tax appeal boards accept USPAP-compliant appraisals as evidence. Reports are packaged county-by-county, the way your appeal panel expects to see them.
Zillow shows an automated estimate with no legal or appeal value. A licensed human appraiser reviews your property and signs a formal report. That’s the document that actually counts.
For most orders, no. You do the walkthrough yourself with your phone, guided by the app, and the appraiser reviews remotely. If your assignment requires an on-site inspection, we tell you before you pay.