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New York auto appraisers providing valuations for donations, estate tax, insurance, and legal proceedings, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises cars, trucks, motorcycles, classic vehicles, and commercial vehicles across New York, including New York City, Buffalo, and Albany.
I’m so glad I did… They are absolutely worth the money
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They negotiated with the insurance for us… Absolutely worth the price we paid
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT AUTO APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, NEW YORK COURTS, LENDERS, INSURERS, AND MORE.
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Owner & CEO
Joe founded AppraiseItNow to make a certified, USPAP-compliant appraisal as simple to order as anything else online. A former Bain & Company strategy consultant, Joe leads the entire team and specializes in strategy, growth, and the firm's tech capabilities.
Machinery & Equipment Appraiser
Third-generation auctioneer and CAGA Certified Appraiser with more than 20 years valuing machinery, equipment, vehicles, business assets, and estates for banks, attorneys, and trustees across the Carolinas.
Vehicle Appraiser
CAGA Certified Appraiser since 2014, covering vehicles, boats, equipment, fine art, and collectibles. A classic-car restoration background informs her vehicle work, with reports prepared for insurance, divorce, and charitable contributions.
Client Success Manager
Manages each engagement from the first enquiry to the delivered report, and keeps you posted at every step along the way.
Certified Appraisers Guild of AmericaCertified Appraiser
The Appraisal FoundationAuthorized by Congress as the source of appraisal standardsAppraiseItNow appraises cars, trucks, work vans, motorcycles, collector vehicles, and motorhomes in New York for total loss and coverage disputes, donated vehicles that need a qualified appraisal, estate filings, and divorce.
Total loss
An insurer's figure is only as good as the vehicles standing behind it. We price the vehicle from transactions that closed on genuinely similar units, then show which options, upfits, and recent repairs the original number passed over.
Donations and gifts
A charity and a donor both need the value on the day the vehicle changed hands, in the condition it was actually in. Older motorhomes and vehicles no pricing guide reaches are valued from sales of comparable units and their service history.
Estates and divorce
An executor or a divorcing couple needs a single number tied to a stated date, not two opinions. Where the same estate holds household contents as well, our New York personal property appraisals cover those.
Three New York assignments, each in a single line. Anything that identifies the owner, and every figure, stays in the file.
Charitable donation
Valued as it stood on the day it changed hands, with its slide outs and onboard systems counted rather than averaged away.
Insurance claim
The owner invoked the policy's appraisal clause, so the value before the loss had to be established on its own evidence.
Divorce
Valued for equitable distribution, with the definition of value and the comparables set out so both sides read the same number.
Two New York rules fix what a vehicle has to be worth on paper: the minimum an insurer may offer on a total loss, and the one vehicle a family takes ahead of the estate.
Total loss
Two guides
the number of approved valuation guides a New York cash settlement is averaged from, unless the insurer uses a dealer quotation or an approved database instead
On a collision or comprehensive total loss, the insurer's minimum cash offer must be one of three things: the average of the retail values for a substantially similar vehicle in two valuation guides approved by the department, a quotation for a substantially similar vehicle from a dealer reasonably convenient to the insured, or a figure from an approved computerized database.
Substantially similar is defined rather than left to judgment. It means the same make, model, year, and condition, including the major options, with mileage no more than 4,000 miles or ten percent above the insured vehicle, whichever is greater. A comparable that fails those tests is not evidence of what the vehicle was worth.
Estates
$25,000
the value of the one motor vehicle a New York surviving spouse or children take outside the estate, with anything above it paid in
New York sets aside a list of property for the benefit of the family, and one motor vehicle worth no more than $25,000 is on it. Where the only vehicle is worth more than that, the surviving spouse or the children may still take it, by paying the excess over that figure into the estate.
Both routes rest on a defensible value for the vehicle, and the second rests on it to the dollar, because the payment into the estate is measured from it.
What New York clients say we are known for
Across 22 published New York appraisal reviews, every one from a client who paid AppraiseItNow for an appraisal, the three things they raise most often are how quickly we answer, how much research is visible in the report, and that they would hire us again.
I was in dire need of an appraisal for my father's mobile home, which he needed for Medicaid approval. I couldn’t find anyone to do it for a long time, but then I found this company online and decided to give them a try. I’m so glad I did. They were wonderful to work with. I sent the pictures, and within just a few days I received the appraisal. They are absolutely worth the money.
Mobile Home Appraisal
I needed to have a car appraised, AppraiseItNow got it done quickly and was super responsive about my questions. Whole thing was done online, very easy!
Car Appraisal for Probate
I was very happy with the work put in on my totaled car appraisal. They did the appraisal quickly and VERY thoroughly. I felt like my insurance company gave a very low appraisal and Appraise It Now was very competitive, realistic and true to my expectations. The best part was they did a stellar job negotiating with my insurance company. I feel great about their work.
Auto Appraisal for Insurance Claim
These guys were phenomenal. Joe was very responsive and gave clear instructions on how to submit my information for the appraisal, which he completed in a very quick timeframe. The appraisal itself was extremely detailed and included a thorough explanation of how they arrived at the value. It came with extensive documentation, and it’s clear they did a significant amount of research. They were also very responsive through text and email and always available to answer any questions. I had them appraise my fifth-wheel RV for resale, and I highly recommend their services. I will definitely use them again.
Recreational Vehicle Appraisal for Insurance Coverage
We were amazed at their professionalism in working with us and the quality of the final appraisal report. And all for thousands less than other appraisers.
Tractor Appraisal for Charitable Donation
They appraised an older trailer for me that required a bonded title. They were great with communication and it only took about 2 weeks to get a very nice detailed appraisal report, which finding comps for older trailers is not straight forward. Highly recommend!
Trailer Appraisal for Title Bond
Given the USPAP-compliant nature of AppraiseItNow’s appraisal reports, we prepare our deliverables for major legal, tax, and financial reporting purposes for individual and commercial clients.
Popular uses of our appraisal reports include:
A truck valuation guide baseline, such as the NADA Commercial Truck guide or Truck Blue Book, tested against current comparable listings on Truck Paper and recent auction results. Best practice looks for ten to twenty matching trucks by year, make, model, and spec, then confirms with several auction sales before settling on a number.
Mileage, engine and transmission configuration, emissions equipment, and documented condition. We collect the VIN, spec details, and maintenance file, then adjust guide and comparable values for major component replacements, prior damage, and upfits. Owners who cannot substantiate a rebuild or emissions retrofit typically lose value the records would have supported.
Generally the date the divorce action was commenced. New York follows equitable distribution, and courts typically value marital assets as of commencement, though a judge may select another date for particular assets. An appraisal tied to the operative date keeps a work truck or fleet unit from being divided on outdated numbers.
Sometimes. New York exempts one motor vehicle from enforcement of a money judgment up to a set dollar figure above liens, and that figure is adjusted for inflation every three years, so the appraised value can decide whether a work truck sits inside the exemption or is exposed to levy. The exemption does not apply at all to a judgment for support or equitable distribution, and in those files the report has to state the value definition and the market evidence plainly, because the number decides the outcome.