Nationwide & International
Personal property and business valuation performed remotely for clients anywhere in the world.
What we can do remotely, and what we can't
Personal property valuation is not a state-licensed activity. These assignments are performed as desk appraisals from photographs and documentation, which means NextPhase accepts them anywhere in the United States and internationally.
Business valuation is not a state-licensed activity, and the work is document-driven rather than site-driven. NextPhase accepts these engagements anywhere in the United States and internationally. Expect to provide substantial financial records — see what we'll need below.
Equipment assignments supported by strong documentation — data plates, service records, photographs — can be completed as desk appraisals anywhere in the world. Where physical inspection materially affects the conclusion, on-site work is performed throughout Arizona.
Real estate appraisal is a state-licensed activity. NextPhase holds Arizona certification, so real property assignments are limited to Arizona. If you need real property valued in another state, call anyway — we will point you to a qualified appraiser there.
We would rather tell you the boundary up front than take an assignment we cannot properly sign. If you need real property valued outside Arizona, call anyway — we will point you to a qualified appraiser in that state.
All 50 states
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Why some of this crosses state lines and some of it cannot
The distinction is not a policy choice. Real property appraisal is a state-licensed activity, and a licence is valid in the state that issued it. Personal property valuation and business valuation are not state-licensed activities at all — competence and adherence to USPAP govern them, not geography.
So the honest position is a split one, and it is worth stating plainly rather than implying nationwide coverage of everything:
| Discipline | Where it can be performed | How |
|---|---|---|
| Personal property — firearms, antiques, collections, full contents | Anywhere in the United States, and internationally | Desk assignment from photographs, documentation and records |
| Machinery & equipment, including inventory and titled vehicles | Desk assignments anywhere; on-site inspection across Arizona | Data plates, serials, meter readings and photographs carry most equipment assignments |
| Business valuation | Anywhere in the United States, and internationally | Driven by financial records rather than a site visit |
| Real property | Arizona only | State-licensed. Arizona Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser #21358 |
If you need real property valued in another state, call anyway. You will be told so directly, and pointed toward someone qualified there rather than sold something that will not serve.
What a remote assignment actually involves
“Remote” is not a lesser version of the work. For most personal property and equipment it is the ordinary method, because the evidence that supports a conclusion is documentary rather than tactile: maker’s marks, serial numbers, data plates, condition photographs, provenance records, maintenance history, financial statements.
| Stage | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1. Scoping | You describe what you have and what the report is for. The intended use decides the standard of value, which decides everything downstream. |
| 2. Fixed written quote | A firm fee and a delivery date, usually the same day and always within one business day. Nothing is owed until you have seen both. |
| 3. Documentation | Photographs and records, uploaded or emailed. Where something critical is missing you are told what and why, rather than the gap being assumed away. |
| 4. Research | Market evidence for the specific asset on the specific effective date — which for estate and dissolution work is frequently a date in the past. |
| 5. Report | Written to the standard the receiving party requires, identifying intended use and intended user, and signed by the appraiser who performed the work. |
Where an assignment genuinely needs eyes on the asset — a disputed matter, a very high-value single item, an equipment line whose condition cannot be established from records — you are told that before you commit to anything, not after.
Who commissions work from outside Arizona
Most out-of-state work arrives from professionals rather than from the public: CPAs and tax attorneys handling a noncash charitable donation; family law counsel needing personal property or a business interest valued in a dissolution; equipment lenders and bankruptcy trustees who need a stated premise of value rather than a general estimate; and executors administering an estate whose assets sit in more than one state.
That last case is the one where a single appraiser across state lines is worth the most. An estate holding a house, an equipment line and a business interest can otherwise end up with three reports carrying three effective dates and three sets of assumptions, and reconciling them falls to a personal representative who is not an appraiser.
Common questions
Can you appraise personal property outside Arizona?
Yes — anywhere in the United States and internationally. Personal property valuation is not a state-licensed activity, and these assignments are performed as desk appraisals from photographs and documentation.
Can you appraise real estate outside Arizona?
No. Real property appraisal is state-licensed and NextPhase holds Arizona certification. If you need real property valued elsewhere, call anyway — you will be pointed toward someone qualified in that state.
Is a remote appraisal treated differently by the IRS or a court?
What matters is whether the appraisal meets the applicable requirements and whether the scope of work was appropriate and disclosed. A desk appraisal that states its scope and its assumptions is an ordinary appraisal, not a lesser one.
What about machinery and equipment in another state?
Desk assignments are handled anywhere. On-site inspection is available across Arizona. Most equipment assignments turn on data plates, serials, meter readings and photographs, which travel.
How do you value something you have not physically seen?
From the evidence that actually supports a conclusion: maker’s marks, serial numbers, data plates, condition photographs, provenance, maintenance records and financial statements. Where the documentation cannot support a credible conclusion, you are told that rather than handed a number.
Do you travel for larger assignments?
On-site work is available across Arizona. For assignments elsewhere that genuinely require inspection, that is discussed at scoping rather than assumed either way.
Can you value a business in another state?
Yes, anywhere in the United States and internationally. Business valuation is not state-licensed and the work is driven by financial records rather than a site visit.
What if my estate has assets in several states?
That is a common reason to use one appraiser across the whole estate: one engagement, one effective date, one set of assumptions, rather than several reports a personal representative has to reconcile.
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.