A fixed price today.
Not a call back.
Send photographs and a short description. You get a written quote with a fixed fee and a delivery date — usually within hours, always within one business day. Nothing is owed until you have seen both. And if you do not need an appraisal, we will tell you that instead of selling you one.
Know what you need? Start here.
Tell us what you’ve got.
These are the things that come up most — not a list of what we accept. If yours is not here, that is normal; a fair amount of this work arrives as “I have no idea what this is.” Say what you have and we will look at it.
Also appraised: inventory & stock in trade, musical instruments. Fine art and jewelry are referred to specialists — they arrive inside estates constantly, and saying so is more use to you than pretending otherwise.
Most appraisers do one of these. We do all of them.
That matters when a single estate holds a house, a tractor, a gun collection, and a business interest — and the alternative is hiring four firms and reconciling four reports that disagree.
Personal Property
Machinery, equipment and business inventory, plus firearms, antiques and full household contents — appraised remotely, worldwide.
Machinery & Equipment
Farm, medical, construction, and shop equipment — desk appraisals worldwide, on-site throughout Arizona.
Residential Valuation
Single-family, condo, multi-family, manufactured and mobile homes — Arizona-licensed, statewide.
Business Valuation
Closely held companies and professional practices — engagements accepted worldwide.
Commercial Real Estate
Office, retail, industrial, multifamily and special purpose — signed by an associated Certified General appraiser.
We do not buy what we appraise.
Ask any appraiser who offers to buy your collection what their appraisal is for. An appraiser who is also a buyer has a reason to want a lower number, and one paid a percentage has a reason to want a higher one. Both are disqualifying, and one of them is prohibited outright under USPAP.
- Fixed fee, agreed in writing before work begins
- Never contingent on the value concluded — prohibited under USPAP
- No commission, no percentage, no referral fee
- Arizona Certified Residential Appraiser #21358
Remote where the law allows it. Local where it doesn't.
Personal property and business valuation are not state-licensed activities, and both are document-driven rather than site-driven. We take those assignments anywhere in the United States and internationally.
Real estate appraisal is state-licensed. Those assignments are Arizona only — and we will say so plainly rather than take work we cannot properly sign.
Work already delivered.
A sample of the assignment types behind 7,000+ valuations — not a wish list.
Municipal & Government
Replacement cost valuations for police departments, fire stations, government facilities, and public assets.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Valuations of manufacturing plants, production equipment, and specialized industrial machinery.
Heavy Equipment & Fleet
Construction equipment, fleet vehicles, material handling systems, and transportation assets.
Personal Property & Specialty
Firearms, collectibles, medical equipment, fine art, jewelry, and unique assets.
Estate & Divorce
Complex real estate, business interests, and personal property valued for equitable distribution.
Insurance & Loss
Replacement cost, diminished value, property loss, and building systems valuation.
The credential is not in the marketing. It's on the report.
Most online appraisal companies are marketing operations. They take your order, mark it up, and route the actual valuation to a subcontractor you never speak to — someone who has not seen your file before and will not see it again.
NextPhase is built the other way round. A credentialed appraiser performs the work and signs the report. If the conclusion is challenged, the person who signed it is the person who defends it.
- Testimony experience — Maricopa County courts and California courts
- AQB Certified USPAP Instructor
- Arizona Certified Appraiser Instructor
- Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser
- Certified Supervisor Trainer
- FHA / HUD Approved Appraiser since 2006
- VA Panel Appraiser
- Former Vice President, Appraisal Management Company (31 states)
- Published author & national instructor
Published before you call.
Fixed fees, agreed in writing before work begins. We do not bill by the hour, and these are honest starting points rather than teaser rates.
Personal Property
Machinery & Equipment
Residential Valuation
Business Valuation
Volume pricing available on every category. Per-item cost falls sharply above ten items.
What is this likely to cost?
An honest indicative range in three clicks. It is a range, not a quote — the written quote is a fixed number and it is free.
1 What needs appraising?
2 What is the appraisal for?
3 How much of it is there?
Quoting is free and carries no obligation. Fees are never contingent on the value concluded — that is prohibited under USPAP.
What clients say
Their reports have been objective and fair. As the owner of multiple small businesses, I’ve used NextPhase Valuation & Energy for a range of assignments, and the quality and service are exceptional.
All parties agreed that the appraisal was impartial and reasonable. NextPhase handled the valuation for a legal matter.
Jeremy and NextPhase were very helpful with the valuation of our business during the acquisition.
Common questions
Do you work outside Arizona?
For personal property and business valuation, yes — anywhere in the United States and internationally. Neither is a state-licensed activity, and both are performed from documentation rather than a site visit. Real estate appraisal is state-licensed, so real property assignments are Arizona only.
What is USPAP, and why does it keep coming up?
The Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice is the ethical and performance standard appraisers are held to. When the IRS, a court, or a lender says they need a real appraisal, USPAP compliance is what they mean. An estimate from a dealer, an auction house, or a website is not that. NextPhase's principal is an AQB Certified USPAP Instructor and has taught the standard to more than 1,000 professionals.
How fast is turnaround?
Most personal property and machinery assignments deliver within a week of receiving documentation or completing inspection. Residential is typically similar. Business valuations run three to six weeks from the point records are in hand. Rush work is available and priced in the written quote.
How does billing work?
A fixed fee, agreed in writing, before any work begins. No hourly billing and no surprises. If the scope changes materially, you get a revised quote before we proceed — not an invoice afterwards.
Can you appraise as of a date in the past?
Yes. Retrospective valuations are routine for estate and date-of-death work, divorce with a stipulated valuation date, insurance losses, and tax matters.
Will you buy anything you appraise?
No, and we never will. An appraiser who is also a buyer has an interest in your number being low. That conflict is exactly what makes a report indefensible.
Ready for a number you can defend?
Tell us what you have and what it's for. You get a fixed written quote — never an hourly meter, never a sales call.
What the work actually looks like
Real assignments, client details removed — what each engagement actually turned on, rather than how it felt.
A house, a workshop of machine tools, a forty-year firearms collection and a stake in the family company — four disciplines that three appraisers had only partly covered. One engagement, one effective date, one set of assumptions.
A donation the regulations would have aggregated past the appraisal threshold, which the donor had assessed item by item. One qualified appraisal covering the group, itemized, signed inside the window the regulations allow.
An opposing report whose number was not obviously wrong — which is what made it dangerous. It failed on its own certification, and was answered section by section with an independent valuation to the correct definition of value.