Pearson's Appraisal Service, Inc.
Licensed and Performing Mass Appraisals In North Carolina and Virginia since 1981
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Newly acquired contracts in Delaware since 2018
Company Profile
Pearson’s Appraisal Service, Inc. has been successfully providing appraisal services to Virginia and North Carolina counties and municipalities for the past 35 years; performing equitable revaluations and assisting tax offices with a variety of appraisal services. With our large staff of professional appraisers, we are able to provide assurance to our clients that their revaluation project is completed in a timely manner by experienced personnel.
Our success in the field of appraising can be greatly attributed to our dedicated and competent appraisal staff. We currently staff over 40 employees, many specializing in specific roles in the reappraisal process.
Bob and Fred Pearson are well respected within the mass appraisal industry for their hands-on approach and personal attention they give to each project, solution, and client. Fred W. Pearson is licensed as a Virginia and North Carolina Certified General Appraiser and together with Robert Pearson, Jr. incorporated their appraisal company in 1981 in the states of Virginia and North Carolina. Since our incorporation, we have completed over 200 turn-key appraisal projects and have appraised over 3 million parcels.
Pearson’s Appraisal Service strongly believes in providing high quality and comprehensive appraisal services. We strive to maintain at all times ethical and professional standards. Our managers and owners are active members of the International Association of Assessing Officers, the Virginia Association of Assessing Officers, the North Carolina Association of Assessing Officers, the Georgia Association of Assessors, and the Pennsylvania Association of Assessors.
Our company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Services Provided
Mass Appraisals
Relocation Appraisals
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CAPS
On our projects, we now propose to use our Complete Appraisal Process Solution, or CAPS. It is tablet based software that allows us to take all of our office data and materials to the field and review properties from the street. More information offered on CAPS software below.
CAMA
Our company’s experience with the use of computer assisted mass appraisal systems (CAMA) continues to grow with the number of contracts Pearson’s Appraisal Service is awarded. CAMA systems vary from one locality to another and likewise, our appraisers have become adept users of a number of computer systems. They also receive support from our IT staff which has years of industry specific experience.
What is CAPS?
On our projects, we now propose to use our Complete Appraisal Process Solution or CAPS. It is tablet based software that allows us to take all of our office data and materials to the field and review properties from the street. We load tax data such as parcel number, address, quality grade, and sketches with county orthophotos or oblique images onto tablets and outfit a vehicle with a working surface and a camera to conduct our reviews. We are able to code any parcel that does not match the tax data or note other improvements and take an image of the property while we are there. For each project, we propose images as an optional service and they are very useful in the appeals portion of the project.
Pearson’s Appraisal Service is familiar with jurisdictions’ current tax office technology and one of the most important benefits of using PAS is after the projects are concluded the offices will have new tools to maintain the tax records and to conduct the ongoing appraisals. PAS will utilize a proven way to improve the field collection and review process of the jurisdiction’s reassessment projects.
PAS has developed and implemented Complete Appraisal Process Solutions or CAPS. The field visit phase of a reassessment is often the most costly and requires the greatest amount of resources. Based on our years of experience, we have concluded a large percentage of properties have not undergone physical changes since the last reappraisal. CAPS strength is quickly processing these unchanged parcels to ensure ample time is spent on the parcels that have undergone changes.
Building on our years of appraisal experience and today’s industry technology, our IT professionals have developed CAPS which produces more consistent, accurate results in less time with less people; ultimately allowing for more time to focus on market analysis, appeals, and other important phases of projects.
CAPS provides mass appraisers access to technologies that were previously only available in the office. CAPS is a data collection and review program that operates from a tablet computer platform. CAPS combines GIS mapping, GPS, high quality aerial photography, customized software and your existing tax data to give the appraiser the tools that produce higher quality reassessment work. The appraiser utilizes GIS maps to determine property boundaries, structure size, and other property characteristics. The appraiser will also be responsible for photographing all substantial structures. For sale, for rent, commercial tenant, and realtor information can also be collected and assigned to the corresponding parcel. The end result is a comprehensive profile compiled for each parcel that is unachievable by conventional industry methods.
All of this information is stored digitally and will be accessible to data entry personnel as well as appraisers doing a final review. This data is downloaded nightly to our company’s data servers to ensure all data is synched and backed up. CAPS primarily operates from the shoulder of the road, minimizing the number of property “walk arounds.” Our software gives appraisers the ability to flag digital property record cards requiring a traditional field visit. Changes requiring a more detailed review include items such as: major changes to sketch dimensions, discovery of unlisted buildings, and inaccessible improvements. All of the parcels requiring a more detailed review are logged in our database so that paper record cards can be printed for field reviews. Status change flags include: change, no change, office review, and field check. Reassessment notes can also be added to the CAPS record. Properties that do not require a printed card cut down on paper waste and alleviate some of the paper searching of traditional revaluations.
The Jurisdictions and Pearson’s Appraisal Service may discuss the level of involvement of CAPS during the revaluation process. Jurisdictions may prefer this method on residential properties and a traditional approach on commercial and industrial properties.
Client List
CURRENT REAPPRAISALS UNDER PROGRESS FOR 2021:
Greene County, NC
Approximately 14,000 parcels
Person County, NC
Approximately 27,500 parcels
CURRENT REAPPRAISALS UNDER PROGRESS FOR 2020:
Bland County, VA
Approximately 7,500 parcels
Cumberland County, VA
Approximately 9,300 parcels
City of Emporia, VA
FY 2019/2020
Approximately 3,200 parcels
Town of Fenwick Island, DE
FY 2019/2020
Approximately 850 parcels
Giles County, VA
Approximately 14,000 parcels
Greensville County, VA
Approximately 7,500 parcels
Madison County, NC
Approximately 22,500 parcels
Montgomery County, NC
Approximately 18,000 parcels
City of Norton, VA
Approximately 2,700 parcels
Richmond County, VA
Approximately 7,200 parcels
Smyth County, VA
Approximately 22,000 parcels
Wake County, NC
Assisting tax office with their 2020 Revaluation
Approximately 380,000 parcels
REAPPRAISALS FOR 2019:
Augusta County, VA
Reassessment Effective for 2019
Approximately 39,000 parcels
Charlotte County, VA
Reassessment Effective for 2019
Approximately 13,438 parcels
City of Covington, VA
Reassessment FY 2018/2019
Approximately 5,500 parcels
Fluvanna County, VA
Reassessment Effective for 2019
Approximately 16,300 parcels
Greene County, VA
Reassessment Effective for 2019
Approximately 10,400 parcels
Hertford County, NC
Revaluation Effective for 2019
Approximately 16,000 parcels
Johnston County, NC
Revaluation Effective for 2019, also performed 1995 and 2011 revaluations
Approximately 100,000 parcels
Russell County, VA
Reassessment Effective for 2019
Approximately 25,077 parcels
Sampson County, NC
Revaluation Effective for 2019, also performed 2011, 2003 & 1995 Revaluations
Approximately 50,000 parcels appraised
City of Winchester, VA
Reassessment Effective for 2019
Approximately 10,000 parcels
REAPPRAISALS/REASSESSSMENTS FOR 2018:
Amelia County, VA
Reassessment Effective for 2018
Approximately 9,500 parcels
Anson County, NC
Reassessment Effective for 2018
Approximately 20,500 parcels
Beaufort County, NC
Revaluation Effective for 2018
Approximately 45,000 parcels
Brunswick County, VA
Reassessment Effective for 2018
Approximately 17,000 parcels
Charles City County, VA
Approximately 6,500 parcels
Granville County, NC
Revaluation Effective for 2018
Approximately 35,000
Lunenburg County, VA
Reassessment Effective for 2018
Approximately 12,400 parcels
Nottoway County, VA
Reassessment Effective for 2018
Approximately 16,000 parcels
Sussex County, VA
Reassessment Effective for 2018
Approximately 9,500 parcels
CONTRACTS COMPLETED FOR 2017:
Chatham County, NC
Revaluation Effective for 2017
Approximately 42,000 parcels
Durham County, NC
Provided assistance with the counties field data collection for improvements to real estate.
Approximately 135,000 parcels
City of Hopewell, VA
Commercial/Industrial data collection used to assist the City of Hopewell’s real estate reassessment
Reassessment Effective for 2017
Hyde County, NC
Revaluation Effective for 2017
Approximately 8,532 parcels
Nash County, NC
Revaluation Effective for 2017
Approximately 52,000 parcels
Orange County, NC
Revaluation Effective for 2017
Approximately 54,800 parcels
Tyrell County, NC
Revaluation Effective for 2017
Approximately 6,500 parcels
Vance County, NC
Reassessment Effective for 2017
Approximately 22,000 parcels
Warren County, NC
Revaluation Effective for 2017
Approximately 15,000 parcels
City of Winchester, VA
Reassessment Effective for 2017
Approximately 10,000 parcels
Wythe County, VA
Revaluation Effective for 2017
Approximately 20,000 parcels
CONTRACTS COMPLETED FOR 2016:
Perquimans County, NC
Revaluation Effective for 2016
Approximately 14,500 parcels
Vance County, NC
Revaluation Effective for 2016
Approximately 26,000 parcels
Wake County, NC
Assisting tax office with new construction, revaluation and hearings
Approximately 350,000 parcels
Westmoreland County, VA
Reassessment Effective for 2016
Approximately 30,000 parcels
CONTRACTS COMPLETED FOR 2015:
Camden County, NC
2015 Walk-Around Revaluation
Approximately 7,241 parcels
Greene County, VA
Reassessment Effective for 2015
Approximately 12,000 parcels
Mecklenburg County, NC
Performed a review of the County’s 2011 revaluation
and audit of the Tax Assessor’s Office
Approximately 365,000 parcels
Patrick County, Virginia
Reassessment Effective for 2015
Approximately 20,000 parcels
City of Winchester, VA
Approximately 10,000 parcels
Contact Us
P.O.Box 36404
North Chesterfield, VA 23235
Fred Pearson: (804) 564-9393 - Bob Pearson: (434) 917-2140