Onsite Equipment Inspections for Accurate Valuations
Onsite Machinery & Equipment Appraisal Services
For assets requiring maximum verification, US Asset Appraisals delivers exhaustive onsite inspections across all 50 states. Our specialized analysts deploy directly to your facility to physically verify complex inventory, heavy machinery, and industrial fleets—recording serial numbers, mileage, and maintenance conditions through high-resolution photography. As the gold standard for asset-based lending, taxation, and risk management, our certified, USPAP-compliant reports offer maximum defensibility. We work seamlessly with your operations to minimize downtime, delivering professional valuation reports within 3 to 5 business days of inspection.
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Locations and Contact Information:
Email: Frank.Aiello@usassetappraisals.com
Minneapolis, Minnesota (Headquarters): 763-226-9318
Chicago, Illinois: 773-609-0997
Minocqua, Wisconsin: 715-892-0288
Duluth, Minnesota: 218-464-9869
St. Cloud, Minnesota: 320-247-6400
Los Angeles, California: 562-614-3023
Des Moines, Iowa: 515-207-7632
Industries Served
Our comprehensive onsite appraisal service supports a vast array of sophisticated businesses, and our valuation library is built to reflect the diversity of these industrial and commercial sectors. We have documented the best practices for navigating market shifts across a wide range of industries, from heavy manufacturing and construction firms to food processing plants, healthcare facilities, and complex transportation fleets. By leveraging our success in these specialized fields and applying our deep institutional knowledge, we have developed a valuation process that delivers the precision and clarity required by sophisticated organizations to make highly informed financial decisions.
Our Process
he US Asset Appraisals team brings decades of industry experience to the specialized field of complex asset valuation,offering deep knowledge of diverse markets across the entire country. We have refined a streamlined appraisal process that allows our team to work diligently for our clients, whether we are providing a simple report or navigating the massive logistics of a multi location field audit. Our extensive technical expertise ensures that every client receives a fast, defensible, and high integrity report tailored strictly to the specific needs of their assets, offering professional precision from the initial physical data collection to the final certified analysis.
FAQs
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Each Appraisal is individually quoted based on the amount of assets being appraised and the scope of work. We review each job, and we try to save the client money with our bid while still giving a realistic bid based on real conditions. We also like to give you an expected total cost up front – our quotes usually can get back to you within an hour. Our machinery and equipment appraisals start out at $600.
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Again, this is specific to each company or job. On most small to medium jobs, we can usually have the report in your email within 3-5 days after we have received all the data. Larger jobs will be given an expectation up front. The longest we take is 2 weeks for mid market or larger businesses with multiple locations. Our systems and technology have allowed us to be the most efficient in the industry.
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Yes! We only produce Qualified and Certified Equipment Appraisal Reports. We use the U.S.P.A.P. and I.F.R.S. guidelines depending on the client’s specific needs. All of our Appraisers have passed stringent training, maintain continuing education, and hold themselves out as Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraisers. Our Appraisers have one or more of the top certifications in this field. Our reports all come with a useful analysis.
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Yes! This is the same as above. We only produce Qualified and Certified Equipment Appraisal Reports. We use the U.S.P.A.P. and I.F.R.S. guidelines depending on the client’s specific needs. All of our Appraisers have passed stringent training, maintain continuing education, and hold themselves out as Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraisers. Our Appraisers have one or more of the top certifications in this field, those being: CMEA (Certified Machinery & Equipment Appraiser) and the GPPA (Graduate Personal Property Appraiser.
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We will schedule your appraisal and work through collecting the data either by an onsite visit or through desktop collection after we receive the following from you:
1. The Client Requesting the report.
2. The Business and or locations where the equipment is located.
3. The Time Frame you need your report in.
4. What the Appraisal is for. (Scope of work)
5. An asset list or depreciation schedule to quote the job.
6. Contact information (Phone, Email, Titles, Etc.)
This step generally takes less than an hour.
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1st - The main difference between the two is the cost of the desktop appraisal will be lower due to the fact that our equipment appraiser did not physically go onsite, saving time for the appraiser. We have a data collection Form that will help you give us all the information we need, saving YOU Time & Money.
