Rich Vander Werff, MSA, CAI, Certified General Real Property Appraiser, specializes in funeral home appraisals.He has earned a reputation for professional, prompt, and accurate appraisals.Rich is licensed in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Through reciprocity, temporary licensing is available for most other states.

We understand your industry and will work within the demands of your business and schedule. We offer competitive pricing and 100% confidentiality. The onsite inspection will be coordinated around the scheduling of your business.

Our funeral home appraisal experience has allowed us to archive extensive data bases which we utilize in the preparation of appraisals. This data includes actual sales prices, capitalization rates, expense ratios, Gross Income Multipliers, Monthly Net Revenue Multipliers, Annual Owners Cash Flow multipliers and more. Our comparable sales include “going concern” (real estate, furnishings, inventory and intangibles) as well as real estate only. We have several sources to stay current with present values for vehicles, furnishings, prep room equipment and more.

In determining the replacement costs for the new building structures, we utilize Marshall Swift Valuation Services. Marshall Swift is a national cost estimating firm, and recognized as the leader in the industry. We supplement this data, with our own RCN information compiled by actual appraisals of new funeral home structures.

With this information, we can complete:

*Full business appraisals
*Real estate only
*Rolling stock and furnishings
*And any combination of the above

We can complete appraisals on your funeral home for:

*Financing purposes (we are certified appraisers, all appraisals comply with USPAP and can be tailored to meet the needs of your lender)
*Determining market value for sale purposes
*Transfer of stock/ownership
*Insurance valuation
* Estate planning, including gifting
* Other purposes