Why every assignment, without exception, is completed by a Certified General Appraiser.
A Certified General Appraiser holds the highest license level available in real property appraisal. The credential authorizes the appraisal of all property types, at any value, without limitation. Reaching it requires the most extensive education, examination, and supervised experience of any appraisal license, along with ongoing continuing education to maintain it.
The credential matters because complexity in commercial real estate does not announce itself. A property that appears routine can carry lease encumbrances, functional obsolescence, or market conditions that require advanced analysis to value correctly. Lower license levels carry restrictions on what and how much an appraiser may value; the Certified General license carries none. When the conclusion has to hold up in front of a lender, a court, or a regulator, the license behind it is part of what makes it defensible.
We require the Certified General credential on every assignment we accept. Not on the complex ones, or the large ones, or the ones headed to litigation — but all of them. This is a firm-wide standard rather than a case-by-case decision, because our clients should never have to ask who valued their property or whether that person was qualified to do so. The answer is the same every time.
Certified General Appraiser — every assignment
Every report conforms to Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice
States covered through our national appraiser network
The Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice establishes the ethical and performance requirements for appraisers operating in the United States. Compliance is not optional for licensed appraisers — it is a condition of licensure. But there is a meaningful difference between meeting the minimum threshold and building a practice around the standards.
Every report we deliver is reviewed for USPAP compliance before delivery. This matters to lenders operating under federal regulatory guidelines, to attorneys relying on the report in litigation, and to any party whose transaction, dispute, or decision depends on a credible, defensible value conclusion.
We do not hold equity interests in properties we appraise. We do not participate in transactions as brokers, lenders, or investors. Our compensation is fixed at engagement and does not vary with the concluded value. These are not policies we invented — they follow from USPAP's independence requirements — but we treat them as practice standards rather than compliance boxes.
Clients who require an independent valuation — for a court, for a lender's credit committee, for an IRS filing, or for a negotiation — need confidence that the number in the report reflects the market, not the preferences of a party to the deal. We protect that confidence on every assignment.
A complete appraisal report from Nationwide Commercial Appraisers includes a thorough inspection of the subject property, a documented analysis of the relevant approaches to value, a clearly stated and supported value conclusion, and all certifications required under USPAP. Reports are delivered in a format your CPA, lender, or legal counsel can use directly.