James Pratt just completed an appraisal on a 4-plex property I have listed here in Shasta County. Not only was he responsive and professional, he was AHEAD of schedule in all ways. He showed up on time, did his job professionally, and communicated the whole way through the job. I have been in the business 12+ years and have not had such a good experience with an appraiser. I highly recommend him for his expertise in valuing homes and his turn around time from assessment to completion was 2 days! read more

If I could give him a worse review I would. very rude and disrespectful to the seller of the home and us trying to buy. he gave us a completely ridiculous and contradicting appraisal and texted us several times asking us why we went with the loans we did and what us and the seller had talked about. when the lender was confused on the appraisal too, he messaged me again saying if we had done it differently we "wouldn't be going through this." read more

If I could rate 1/1000th of a star, this would be this guys rating. This guy is a joke. He wanted a copy of my last appraisal and then came to my house looking unprofessional, took a bunch of pictures in 15 min, and left. His documentation was the least, generic gave me a low value for my home, compared one done just 45 day before it (I am trying to refinance). Then I simply ask him to reconsider his opinion because we basically remodeled the entire home inside out including $8000 in hardwood floors, he writes me a book and he threatens me about how I am committing fraud!! Buyers/Lenders/Sellers beware! DO NOT USE THIS GUY! read more

This guy made our clients wait two weeks after the new construction of a house. We tried getting him to do it earlier but he refused. So our client is sitting in a hotel with their house completely finished and empty... it's a power move on his part, no idea why he's being this way but would never recommend this person for anything. If you ask other realtors they say the same thing about this guy... steer clear read more

If I could actually give no stars for a review I would, we paid 500$ for an appraisal on our property the going rate. The appraiser came late, left barking dogs in his car took a few pictures and left with in 10 mins never looked under the house or around it did not look at anything said his job was done for him by a previous appraisal and walked out. 500$ for 10 min of work. He was unprofessional and gave an unprofessional appraisal I would never recommend this company do an appraisal. Mike read more

Paid $615 for an incomplete, unacceptable FHA appraisal service. His unwillingness to amend or revise the report to meet the FHA requirements delayed the loan closing, costing me additional hundreds in fees. read more

James Pratt arrived at our home and immediately began walking around our property without introducing himself first, I had to stop him and confirm who he was. Then during the course of the appraisal when we asked questions or questioned what he was saying Mr. Pratt spoke "down" to us, he was rude, condescending and arrogant. I told Mr. Pratt to stop the appraisal until I called my lender, but he choose to ignore me and continued further into my home. My husband again told him to stop, he again ignored him and continued to snap pictures. I was outside explaining to my lender what was happening and he could hear, through the phone, my husband telling Mr. Pratt to get off our property and Mr. Pratt choose to raise his voice and argue with my husband about how we were so uneducated. Also, when he emailed the lady who ordered the appraisal and relayed what had happened to her, he stated that it was "funny" to him what had occurred at our home. I would NEVER recommend this company to anyone. read more