We are a full service machinery, equipment, business asset and personal property valuation company. Our certified and designated appraisers are capable of undertaking assignments including machinery and equipment, business assets and personal property throughout the United States. The principal of RPM Asset Valuation Services is a member of the Certified Appraisers Guild of America, and holds the CAGA designation, as well as a designated member of the American Society of Appraisers and holds the ASA accreditation in the Machinery & Technical Specialties Discipline. On many occasions, our clients look to us for a value opinion of both the real estate and tangible fixed asset base (personal property). Our staff is cross disciplined in real estate valuation and personal property. Find comfort in the fact that you have found the right appraisal firm for your valuation needs.

We offer our certified appraisal services to financial institutions, insurance companies, attorneys, accountants and private individuals. Our appraisal staff is USPAP certified and our reports are in full compliance of there outlined standards, rules and guidelines.

  
Why Is It Important To Hire A Designated Member of The Certified Appraisers Guild of America (CAGA)?

 

The Certified Appraisers Guild of America is a professional accrediting organization providing certification of personal property appraisers. With members in all 50 states and 6 Canadian Provinces, the Certified Appraisers Guild of America is North America's # 1 trainer of personal property appraisers. On an annual basis, it trains more personal property appraisers than any other organization in North America.

 

Membership Requirements

Each member is required to attend professional training and pass a comprehensive exam before becoming certified. No one is allowed to be a member of the Certified Appraisers Guild of America without completing the certification program. There are no 'grandfathered' or 'Associate' members that have not completed the training and exam. Each member has completed the course work required to be certified by the Guild.

 

Educational Standards

The training each member is required to complete, includes the uniform standards of personal property appraisal practice and appraisal report writing. Special areas of emphasis in training include Internal Revenue Service appraisal requirements, estate and gift appraisals, charitable donation appraisals, bankruptcy appraisals, insurance appraisals, appraisals for divorce, and casualty loss appraisals. In addition, each member is required to attend our courtroom expert witness seminar with special emphasis on appraisals for courts and testifying in court. CAGA designated appraisers are bound by the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (“USPAP”) published by the Appraisal Standards Board and the Principles of Appraisal Practice and Code of Ethics.

 

Valuations can be performed on machinery and equipment for a variety of purposes including, but not limited too;

1. Transfer of Property
2. Financing
3. Condemnation
4. Income Tax
5. Ad Valorem Tax
6. Insurance
7. Financial Planning
8. Leasing
9. Allocation Of Purchase Price
10. Insurance Value
11. Gifting Matters
12. Accounting Matters
13. Settlement Matters
14. Bankruptcy
15. Estate Planning

Depending upon the clients needs an appraisal report can be performed for the aforementioned situations. Whether the client is acquiring, insuring, liquidating, replacing, planning or gifting an asset, a supportable value conclusion will be prepared by our knowledgeable staff. We offer Restricted Use, Summary and Self Contained narrative appraisal reports.  

Typical machinery, equipment and business assets that require a value estimate are;

 

1. Medical/Dental Equipment                            
2. Construction Equipment                                 
3. Office Equipment                                           
4. Manufacturing Equipment                                
5. Restaurant/ Retail Equipment                        
6. Agricultural Equipment                                   
7. Material Handling Equipment                                                     
8. Processing Equipment                                     
9. Packaging Equipment                                       
10. Mines
11. Waste Processing
12. Wood Processing Equipment
13. Energy & Utilities
14. Printing Equipment
15. Laundry & Linen Equipment
16. Chemical, Oil, Gas Refineries
17. Transportation Equipment 
18. Education Facilities
19. Textile Equipment
20. Steel Processing

We have accepted appraisal assignments from clients in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Wisconsin, New York, Utah, Colorado, California and Florida, among others.