Lazer Fast Appraisals

We were trying to refinance and the mortgage company picked this awful company to do the appraisal. When the appraisal came in, it was less than what another identical unit in our building sold for in the same week Ben came out to appraise ours. I had no idea property value could decrease within days like that! There are two buildings on either side of ours that have exact same layout we do except that ours features large private storage units, patio, and extensive gardens those units don’t have, yet he noted our unit was equivalent to those. Um… NO. He also stated in his report that no updates had been made which was also untrue as we had made improvements both within our personal unit and as a building over all including a 25k deck rebuild. AVOID this company at all costs! When we challenged his assessment and provided him an itemized list of things he missed, he still wouldn’t budge. He should have stuck with the family pickle business he kept yammering about. I stand by my critique that things were overlooked.
UPDATE: True the offer on the other unit in our building is still pending, but the offer price is 33k more than what our assessed value was according to Ben. And again, none of the upgrades were taken into account, and neither was the fact that the buildings on either side of us with identical unit layout do not have the gardens, storage or other amenities our building has. So fair to say this is just my personal opinion, but I leave it to the reader to decide.

Do not use Lazer Fast Appraisals they are a joke. The appraisal is WAY below market value. A unit in my building sold for 100k more than the appraisal I received from Lazer Fast. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY.

I had a horrible experience using Ben as an appraiser. He was unprofessional, unresponsive and unreliable throughout the process.
He originally quoted me a thorough multiunit appraisal for $ 500 that would be completed on Thursday or Friday of that week. Then he said the deadline would be Friday late night at the earliest, then «over the weekend», and now it is Sunday evening and j haven’t heard from him in 3 days despite multiple emails and no explanation or apology. The thoroughness of his appraisal has also «changed» several times and I’ve had to press him to get him to do what he originally pitched me.
The only communication I have proactively gotten from him has been to complain about not receiving his check yet, even though I’ve sent him confirmation from my bank (I sent the check via online billpay) multiple times. I would advise people to be very careful in dealing with him. Get everything in clear writing (he tends to send very incomplete, confusing blurbs via email), and pay no more than half his fee before receiving the actual report.