"My wife and I recently engaged Chet Rogers to do a rather complicated appraisal. For estate planning purposes, we were transferring a portion of our vacation property in Maine to Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (QPRTs) pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
The required appraisal presented challenges because we were not transferring all of the property we own at that location, the portion being transferred consisted of land, a house, garage and guest cottage which we were treating in totality as an "estate", the property is located in a rural and largely undeveloped area with few property transfers and none similar to ours, the requirements of the Code for QPRTs are exacting and we needed a solid, defensible appraisal in order to pass muster with the IRS.
Chet delivered for us. His appraisal was reviewed and approved by our attorneys and tax accountants. Besides the quality of its contents, the appraisal format was a work of art. And the job was done promptly, at a reasonable cost and Chet was a pleasure to work with throughout. We would use him again without reservation." ... HB