Eddie Garcia is an exceptional professional appraiser known for his meticulous attention to detail…read moreand unwavering punctuality. His commitment to providing accurate results is truly commendable.

I highly recommend Central California Appraisals. The level of service I obtained was excellent…read more The staff was polite and very professional. If you are looking for professionals you can trust and rely on, this is the place!

The mortgage company would not change their rate based upon your appraisal. I have no idea how…read moreanother company came in much higher 2 years earlier and you came in at less than I had invested in the house. You cost me an extra 2 percentage points on my loan which was substantial. I have purchased more than 2 dozen times in my life. I have never had a worse company and appraisal in my 60+ years. As the owner said, I had no choice in the appraisal company. In fact, it was the same mortgage company who sent out a different appraisal 2 years earlier who appraised the house correctly at a higher value. Hire someone who knows what they are doing. I would have but wasn't given the choice.

I just recently had my appraisal done by these guys, Shannon was great on the phone, super…read moreunderstanding. Phillip is the one who came out and he made everything super chill, very knowledgeable, and easy to talk with. No phone tag or dependability issues, nice and smooth.....thanks guys.

Appraisal Access touts themselves on their experience, "20 years," worth of it, but their…read moreexperience clearly does not revolve in farm land or property in the Kern county area. "We specialize in providing appraisal services for single family homes, condominiums and 2-4 family investment properties." Unfortunately, some idiot named Daniel Kashper was assigned to appraise my family property in Bakersfield. He is completely inept at assessing farmland and if I had a choice I would never allow Appraisal Access to appraise another property of mine. I would rather pull it off the market than allow their staff into my house or onto my property again. They have destroyed future comps in the valley for agricultural property. Typical LA jackass further ruining things they have no business dealing with.

We recently listed our home and farm property for sale and had attracted many buyers in a few days…read moreof listing with three offering bids of $30K to $45K above the asking price. after accepting an offer, Daniel Kashper with Appraisal Access in Bakersfield, California was tasked with performing the appraisal for the buyer. Daniel arrived at the property and immediately started measuring the home for square footage and home details. after spending about 25 minutes looking at the house he declared that he was finished and would turn in the findings to the buyer and sellers agents for review. Later that evening the agent delivered the completed appraisal to us. the appraisal was recorded and came in -$140K under the agreed upon price for the home and property. I am not an appraiser, just a farmer but have an idea what due diligence is and how much farm land and properties are going for. how much time an effort it takes to create a home and viable farm land. evidently, this guy doesn't. I believe that Daniel does an adequate job of accessing suburban tracts with properties as big a 5000 square feet but is wholly inexperienced at anything bigger than that. he not only screwed us. he did the same thing to realtors and sellers looking for comps for similar properties for months and possibly years to come.

Recently, one of their appraisers (Eddie Garcia License # AL3009577) came to appraise our house -…read moreHe spent less than 5 minutes (!) only taking some quick pictures and then went away. Three weeks later (!) he came back with a report full of errors (some big errors), inappropriate comparable sales and unprofessional data ignoring the real market data of recent sales or on-sale comparable properties (comparing apple to apple) and valued our house over $200,000 below the actual market value!!! We appealed their assessment, on how and why they rated this beautifully constructed and decorated internally with over $180,000 high-end upgrades, with owned solar system, state of art back yards and many other features, so low and have made such a big error. Instead of appropriately replying to the owner's concern accepting their errors and adjusting the price to the real market value, they only came back with an increase of $35,000 to the value they previously sent!! From any aspects you could look at their services, they have acted unprofessionally, with incompetent appraiser and the quality of the work was so poor that I would recommend no one ever to go even to a mile of their office requesting an appraisal.

Steer clear of this appraiser. Lazy and spends next to no time actually looking at the property…read more This is the warning I didn't get.

Very good professional business, I recommend to anyone looking to appraise their jewelry. The shop…read moreis towards the back if you come in from the main street so it took me a few minutes to find it. There is parking in the back, which looks much more convenient. I like that we were the only two people in a fairly large office as the global situation still has me uneasy about being in closed spaces with others. As for the appraising, everything took place in front of me. I sat in front of her desk while she examined the gemstone with various devices. Pictures were taken. She made me aware that my gemstone was loose within it's setting and informed me of the observations she made of the gem's fingerprint. The next day, as promised, I received a detailed report that I was able to use to insure my ring. It contained details on the main stone, side stones, and small stones. I went in thinking I was just getting a document for insurance and came out knowing my ring a whole lot better. Overall, I am very happy with the experience and will be returning for any future appraisals.

Report was extremely detailed and thorough, delivered via email promptly. The entire experience was…read morevery lovely and Teri is not only very knowledgeable, but also very professional!

I live in Los Alamitos Calif. and needed to find someone to appraise 3 property's we own in…read moreBakersfield. I contacted Matt Anzaldo because he was very familiar with the Bakersfield and Kern County areas. Matt made arrangements with our property manager and visited the properties on the same day to assess their values. Matt sent me a copy of his license along with 3 professionally done appraisals (with pictures of the homes) in a very timely manner. Matt is very easy to communicate with and I wouldn't hesitate to use him again. Being a couple hundred miles away, it's great to see I can put my trust in someone I've never met before. My highest recommendation goes out to Matt Anzaldo Real Estate Appraising. . **I called Matt no more than 6 months later to get an updated assessment of what our properties were worth. He had already done an appraising for what the properties were worth in 2012 (I wanted him to back date). So I was surprised that he wanted to charge me the same rates for an update appraisal. I did not agree and will see another appraiser next time.

It's been 2 weeks since Matt did our appraisal. No word back from him at all. Reporting him to the…read moreBBB today. Do not use!

The Go2Girlz saved our lives during a very stressful time. The estate sales were all booked up for…read moremonths but I kept in touch with Michele and she squeezed us in after a cancellation. Her hard-working staff came 3 full days to price items in a massive 28-acre Hart Flat property before the sale. The only warning I have is they will try to sell EVERYTHING, even paper towels or Kleenex that you still want to use, lol! : D During the 3-day estate sale, the staff took care of everything. A lot of items did not get sold not for lack of effort but I think due to the limited market in Tehachapi. However, Michele put us in touch with a lady named Deborah who literally took everything left for donation and saved us from having to rent a dumpster and all the work involved with transporting tons of items. Overall, we were a little disappointed in the amount of money that came back after such a huge process. Go2Girlz takes 40% which sounds like a lot, but frankly, considering the amount of work put in by the staff, I don't know how it was enough to pay for their time. So if you are dealing with grief from a death (like us) or the stress of moving and you cannot do it on your own, this is a company you can lean on.

Saw this business in the local magazine and since we were in the old downtown area we had to check…read moreit out. Such a quaint little shop. They have all kinds of finds. They also have a wide variety of old candies...pop rocks, sugar candy, gummies, and sour candies. They also have a back room where you can find an assortment of clothes and old memorabilia . It was a stroll down memory lane and again if you're in the old downtown area a cute place to stop and see. BTW the young lady that was there was super nice and friendly as well.

Mr Berger performed a VA appraisal a few weeks ago, on a property we were trying to purchase. The…read moreappraisal was a hideous joke. In the appraisal package, he had a blurb touting his 25 years of experience and claiming to be highly respected for his professional appraisals. And yet, Fred Berger delivered a document full of errors. The VA appraisal addressed the subject home, and 6 comp homes; 3 primary, and 3 secondary. According to the VA, the primary comps should be NO OLDER than 6 months, unless no other comps are available. 2 of the 3 primary comps were 10 and 12 months old. Perhaps there were no other newer comps were available? No... one of the secondary comps was as fresh as the dog crap from which Fred's appraisal was made. It was from a sale during the same month as the appraisal! And, there WERE other comparable properties in the area that had sold within the past 6 months that could have been used. There was NO need to include comps that were greater than 6 months old... yet, Mr Berger chose to do so. The appraisal stated that the price per square foot of house (ppsf-h) was not supported by the ppsf-h of the 3 primary comps. The appraisal finding was based DIRECTLY on the square footage of the subject house and the comp homes. Consequently, the accuracy of the home sizes is of paramount importance. Thus, it was with a sense of disgust and surprise that I found that not only was the subject home sq footage incorrect (Berger used 3,347 instead of the correct 3,274); but, 2 of the 3 primary comps were also listed with incorrect sq footages. Comp 1 showed 3,660 sq ft, when it was actually 3,220, and comp 2 showed 3,274, when it was actually 3,660. I don't know HOW one man can screw up 3 out of 4 home square footages, but Mr Berger managed to do it. Do YOU want a man who can FAIL on 75% of his critical data elements, doing an appraisal for you? The appraisal showed that the LA county tax assessor's data was the "Verification source", but apparently Mr Berger saw no reason to verify his data, because the correct data was sitting right there in the county assessor's system, and Mr Berger FAILED to confirm his work with the STATED verification source. Mr Berger stated that "usable lot size" would be used, when appropriate. Yet, he used the full size of a .32 acre lot (13,989 sq ft) in the assessment of comp 3, when about 55% of that lot rests behind the back yard fence of the property, and consists of a significant upslope that's covered in drainage culverts. It's NOT usable to the property owner, and Mr Berger FAILED to correct for it. That error resulted in a $17,000 reduction in value on the property, making the subject home appear to be less valuable, in comparison. The map of the comps looked very strange. I had been in the neighborhood several times, looking at various homes, and Mr Berger's map didn't fit at all with my recollection of the area. It took me a minute to figure things out... Mr Berger had the WRONG MAP, with the WRONG COMP homes! The homes we were looking at were in the Santa Clarita, CA area, and Mr Berger's comp map was a map of BAKERSFIELD, CA! 95 miles away!!! Mr Berger claimed to have had 25 years of professional experience as an appraiser. Clearly, he has forgotten how to check his data. He's forgotten how to proof-read his work. He's forgotten how to make sure he puts the correct comp map in the proper appraisal package. He's forgotten how to select valid comps based on age. And I'm out $497 that we spent on a piece-of-crap appraisal. Mr Berger's value for the house came in at $620k. A nearly identical home (same home sq footage, same age, same interior 5/4 setup for appraisal purposes, and 700 sq ft LESS lot) came out of a conventional appraisal with a $650k value. Mr Berger's appraisal was at least $20-30k low, and we lost the house because of his work. Had his appraisal came in with a reasonable number, we could likely have salvaged the deal. You may not know who the appraiser is going to be, if you order a VA appraisal, but if you're considering using him for any work, I advise you to look elsewhere. He FAILED badly enough on our appraisal that the VA removed him from any further work on our case. The VA appraiser would normally conduct a Reconsideration of Value process on an appraisal that he did, if such a Reconsideration was requested by the client. As I have been pursuing a refund of the fee we paid for the appraisal, the VA informed me that the Reconsideration of Value process must be completed (even though the house deal is dead). They also informed me that Mr Berger will NOT be involved in the performance of the process. If the VA was willing to remove him from reviewing/correcting his own appraisal, in the VA process, you ought to seriously consider not having ANY of your work done by Fred Berger, of Bakersfied, CA.

This firm cost me my home purchase. Sent out an appraiser trainee who was not at the property 10…read moreminutes. They did not use the comps available and chose inferior properties. Too lazy to do a good job. I spoke to a realtor about it and she said this firm is known for low balling properties. They used foreclosure properties in comparison sales when other more suitable comps were available. If your lender pulls this firm, ask for another appraiser on their list. They did a horrible job and I was the buyer! I lost the house because of the appraisal.