SFL Valuation  Services, Inc.

Irrefutable, Defensible, USPAP Appraisals

SFL Valuation Services, Inc. provides professional Valuations of all types of Machinery/Equipment, FFE, Boats, Yachts, Aircraft, Railroad, Farm Equipment, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Construction, Commercial, Residential and Businesses. SFL is headquartered in Florida, however our qualified associates do provide services throughout the United States including the US Virgin Islands. With over 27 years of professional experience, SFL Valuation Services provides the professional services necessary to successfully meet all your valuation needs. Our appraisals are certified in compliance with USPAP, SBA financing, IRS and federal requirements. No job is too small, no job is too big! 

Contact SFL Valuation Services, Inc. today to discover how our services can benefit you!

SFL Valuation Services, Inc.

Since 1985, Mark L. Pelletier’s experience and education has qualified him to meet the requirements of the Appraisal Institute, Appraisal Foundation, all lending institutions and courts. Mark’s associates that work with SFL are also highly experienced and qualified.

Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraisals

SFL can provide Machinery and equipment, commercial appraisals and business valuations across the United States including the US Virgin Islands with accuracy and quality given each assignment at a competitive price. Many appraisers only estimate and even ignore the value of a company’s hard assets. To make matters worse, most will use “Book Value” as is stated in a balance sheet. The Internal Revenue Service and most CPA’s agree that balance sheet values for machinery and equipment most never come close to “Fair Market Value”.  Frequently, these values are based on the depreciation schedules that are allowed by the tax codes. Typically, these values do not represent fair market value and the actual useful life is usually incorrect. These values are typically tax driven and not fair market. Equipment may even be fully depreciated and therefore not counted when in fact there still remains use and value because they are still performing the task they were assigned. Therefore, they still have market value.

When valuing a company, all fixed assets should be adjusted to fair market to provide accurate values for both the tangible and intangible assets of the business.

Tax Appeals and Reductions

SFL associates have successfully reduced the taxes on residential, business and personal property and saved corporations and taxpayers thousands of dollars. Recently we successfully reduced entire condominium projects' tax assessments for a combined reduction of over $16,000,000. We successfully reduced the assessment of a business’s tangible tax liability from $250,000 to $11,000 and had the taxes reduced for the prior four years by this same amount.  This is an incredible savings, and the taxpayer is actually receiving money back “retrospectively” from the county.

Residential Appraisals

Mark L. Pelletier, RM, SRA, has 27+ years of experience in the appraisal of every type of residential property and has valued single properties in excess of $48,000,000. Mark is also an expert in valuation and management of REO properties. Repairs and valuation of vacant foreclosures is a specialty. Approved by VA, FHA, and Fannie Mae since 1985. You can be assured you will get reliable, accurate and quality valuations. 

Commercial Valuations

SFL provides competitively priced commercial property valuation reports and fully licensed appraisers.

Whether you need an affordable streamlined valuation report or full Self-Contained Narrative commercial real estate appraisal or commercial appraisal of any kind, SFL has you covered. SFL also does commercial vehicle appraisals, commercial boat appraisals and commercial aircraft appraisals.

SFL is headquartered in South Florida, however our team of professional associates provides nationwide commercial real estate appraisal services that span the complete spectrum of property types. Included are apartment buildings, office buildings, all industrial property types, mobile home parks, marina, residential subdivisions, retail buildings, shopping centers and skyscraper valuations. They could be large or small, single or mixed use, as well as a multitude of other property types.

If you are not sure specifically what type of commercial valuation or appraisal you need, we can help you determine the right report for your needs, whether that is a fair market valuation, restricted use, summary or narrative report. If you want to know how much it will cost, how long it will take or whether the emphasis should be on the cost approach, the income approach or the sales approach, our team of professional MAI’s and General Certified appraisers have the answer. 

Certified Business Appraisals

When hiring an appraisal firm to value a business entity, you should choose a totally independent appraiser instead of relying on a broker, intermediary or consultant. If the company is valued by a person close to, or working for the owner in any capacity, most buyers feel that the value is biased. If financing is necessary, most banks and the Small Business Administration [SBA] will require an independent certified appraiser. 

Inventory Appraisals and Asset Verification

SFL Valuation offers inventory appraisal and asset verification services nationwide to help meet federal government requirements and existing regulations in their respective industries. Services can include coding, software, spreadsheet and valuation with detailed information and can range from a one-time data collection service to an ongoing yearly service contract. A brief list of the types of inventory appraising and asset verification that SFL offers include, but are not limited to:

• Furniture Fixtures and Equipment (FF&E) Appraisals and Verification
• Bar coding and Tagging of Assets With or Without Valuation
• Implementation of Inventory Management System
• Asset Verification With or Without Valuation
• Inventory Appraisals of Stock, Products and Goods

Inventory Audits and Financial Control Assessments

The importance of inventory and financial control audits are necessary for many reasons including a financial institution’s desire to determine credit quality for instance. SFL has the expertise in field audits and financial controls assessment to help.

SFL Valuation provides:

• Extensive reporting and financial spreads
• In-field interviews and system control assessments
• Dock to Stock to Desktop audits and statistical analysis
• Ongoing monitoring for volatile inventory usage and valuations
• Methods and procedures assessments used in inventory calculations
• Compliance and variance reporting of valuations with impact to collateral

Inventory funding that is monitored only by financial statements or borrowing base certificates can be two to three operating cycles behind the current business condition. If not properly monitored, the impact of a business decline or reversal, along with subsequent asset impairment, can negatively affect the bank’s returns – in addition to the regulatory pressures and board frustrations that can absorb the business’s resources.