Rental Reconsideration of Value (ROV): Value Appeal Form

For a variety of reasons, you may disagree with the appraiser’s value estimate. It is your right to ask the appraiser to reconsider the rental value!

1) The Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 requires that every appraiser is hired as a neutral third party contractor. The appraiser is not an employee of Kairos Appraisal Services.

2) The appraiser is an experienced State licensed appraiser, with competency in the area, and has written hundreds of appraisal reports in this market - if not thousands.

In adherence to the Dodd-Frank Act and Appraiser Independence Requirements (AIR), Kairos has designed this Rental Value Appeal Form to help our clients move swiftly through the process while maintaining compliance.

This data will be reviewed by our staff internally, and all reasonable requests will be presented to the appraiser.

Acceptable documentation for a reconsideration of value includes:

1. Full MLS printouts of no more than five additional closed comparable sales, from the subject market area.

OR

2. A legible copy of a different appraisal report on the subject property, including color photos of the subject and comparable sales, completed within the past four months.

OR

3. Using this form to identify significant errors in the original appraisal report regarding the subject or comparables, which may have an effect on the value and/or marketability.

Unacceptable documentation for a reconsideration of value includes:

1. Inclusion of personal property such as above ground pools
2. Sales that require excess location, quality, appeal, or condition adjustments
3. Listings or assessor’s data
4. Lists of sales with limited information similar to realtor market surveys
5. SiteX and other nonverifiable data
6. Any other item that does not contain enough detail to determine the validity of a likely comparable after reviewing the information required, if the additional data provided appears to potentially warrant an increase/decrease in value for the subject.

If the provided data supports a potential change in value, our team will create a detailed breakdown of the information and present all supporting documents to the appraiser. The Appraisal Review Department will contact the appraiser to request that he/she review the additional data for a reconsideration of value. 

After reviewing the information provided, if it does not appear to warrant a value increase/decrease, the Appraisal Review Department will respond with the reasons for stopping the value appeal process prior to submitting the data to the original appraiser, the information will not be sent to the original appraiser, and the value appeal will be closed.