By Federal Appraisal LLC Whether to lease or own real estate cannot be answered by comparing rent with a mortgage payment. The correct conclusion depends on the full economic consequences of each alternative, including financing costs, appreciation, operating expenses, transaction costs, tax considerations, anticipated occupancy, and the return available from investing capital elsewhere. The New…

By Federal Appraisal LLC Recent reports of buckling structural steel discovered during construction at a Midtown Manhattan high-rise (235 E. 42nd St) prompted the immediate evacuation of workers and neighboring buildings while engineers assessed the structure’s stability. Fortunately, no injuries were reported, but the incident serves as a timely reminder that when structural problems arise,…

General Commercial Real Estate Federal Appraisal LCC appraises general commercial real estate, such as: Investment Grade Real Estate Land and land rights, easements, rights of way, development projects Offices and medical office buildings Apartments, condominiums, and cooperative apartments Warehouses and industrial buildings Hotels, restaurants, and hospitality buildings Retail spaces, malls Mixed use properties Federal also appraises single family homes for special client needs, as well as special commercial properties of all types; however, as state certified general real estate appraisers (SCGREA’s) and MAI’s with decades of experience, general commercial real estate appraisal is the mainstay of our practice.  Our general real estate appraisals are completed for governments, corporations, private investors and owners, attorneys, accountants, and many others.  The purposes and uses of such appraisals include regulation, tax issues, legal issues, and investment (buy/sell/financing) due diligence, and others.

Appraisal of Single-family Homes, Condominiums, Cooperatives Federal Appraisal has been appraising Single-family Homes, Two to Four Family Housing, Condominiums, and Cooperatives for 36 years. From estates to townhomes, suburban homes to condos and coops, properties amid blight and urban renewal to urban, suburban, and rural housing, Federal Appraisal, LLC appraises housing. We appraise for the financing, feasibility, development, and construction through all aspects of operations, and then divestment, re-positioning, redevelopment, and sometimes bankruptcy. Since we specialize in complex appraisal issues, many of our residential assignments involve estates, gift taxes, condemnation, disputes, and litigation. As a national appraisal company, we have appraised homes in many of the major markets in the United States. We specialize in portfolio valuations, and appraisals for accounting, tax, and legal purposes for all types of housing including but not limited to: single-family to four family housing luxury rental, condo, or coops in CBDs Duplexes to townhouses feasibility, planning, zoning, financing, market studies HUD rent studies (RCSs) Subdivisions, single-family homes, townhouses, and/or planned developments Our clients utilize our appraisals and advice for numerous purposes, including: financing, development, feasibility, marketing investing due diligence; equity and debt tax management; property taxes, income taxes, sales, and transfer taxes gift and estate planning litigation tax and investor reporting, IRS, depreciation, cost segregation, purchase price allocation, ASC 805 acquisition or disposition due diligence