Construction Equipment Resale Value: Key Factors in a Dynamic Market
Understanding construction equipment resale value is crucial for construction [...]
Food Processing Equipment Appraisals in Today’s F&B Landscape
Food processing equipment appraisals go [...]
Three Mistakes Lenders Make When Determining the Value of Borrowers’ Equipment
After weathering the economic downturn, lenders know better than anyone the importance of doing due diligence before granting a loan to a business. SBA backed lenders are once again lending money, but with caution. One of the ways they exercise this caution is to conduct their own appraisals of collateral. This ensures that they will […]
Appraising Educational Assets
All across the country, school is out and happy kids (and teachers) are heading off to summer vacation. With a few exceptions, the schools will sit empty until the fall, and all of the equipment and machinery within will sit as well. This is the perfect opportunity to show how a machinery and equipment appraisal […]
How Much Are Your School’s Assets Worth?
All across the country, the final school bells are ringing and kids are heading off to summer vacation. For the most part, the schools will sit empty until the fall, and all of the equipment and machinery within will sit as well. What better chance to show how a machinery and equipment appraisal might apply […]
You Need a Machinery and Equipment Appraisal for a Buyout Agreement
A buyout agreement, or buy/sell agreement, details the way a business will buy the shares of a co-owner who wants to leave the business or partnership to retire, who wants to sell the business, or who is terminated. The buyout agreement is a legal document written to protect all parties involved in the buyout. You […]
Readin’, Writin’, and Appraisin’
With kids’ return to school right around the corner, we thought we’d take advantage of the opportunity to show how a machinery and equipment appraisal might apply to a seat of higher education and learning. First, as in any equipment appraisal, we’ll need to bring in a Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraiser (CMEA) to be […]
The NEBB Institute’s MEA Report Writer Simplifies the Certified Machinery and Equipment Report Process for CMEAs
The MEA ReportWriter is cloud-based software that seamlessly, effectively, and efficiently helps CMEAs create certified reports in a fraction of the time it takes to draw up traditional reports.
Reduce Tax Obligations with Cost Segregation
Cost segregation is a technique to depreciate assets that separates real estate into personal property, such as machinery or equipment, land improvements, buildings on the land, and the land itself. Personal property and land improvements are then depreciated at an accelerated rate in order to reduce the building owner’s tax obligations. If your business is […]
Appraising Custom Machinery and Equipment
For an experienced certified machinery and equipment appraiser (CMEA), determining the value of a piece of standard farm equipment or restaurant fixtures is a relatively straightforward process. A CMEA will take into consideration various factors to determine value of a piece of equipment, such as its original price, its age, depreciation ranges, and its current […]
