Five Key Trends Reshaping Machinery Appraisal into 2025
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Value Drivers in Appraisal: Insights from Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraisers
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Looking Back and Looking Forward
It was just shy of three years ago when the National Equipment and Business Builders (NEBB) Institute made its debut into the blogging world. Since then we’ve had the opportunity to blog about all manner of topics connected to the machinery and business appraisal world — why attorneys need a CMEA, USPAP: the hypothetical and […]
Securing Financing in 2013
The New York Times recently published an article in its “You’re the Boss” blog titled, “The State of Small-Business Lending.” In it, the author laid out his predictions for business lending in the upcoming year. It is no secret that new businesses have had trouble securing financing over the last several years, either from a […]
Train to Become a CMEA with the NEBB Institute
The NEBB Institute’s next two-day CMEA training session starts on March 29, 2012. If you plan to sign up, please do, because in-person sessions fill quickly. If this session fills before you can sign up, don’t worry. We hold in-person and online training sessions regularly, and we typically do not limit the number of people […]
Are You Eligible for a 1031 Exchange?
A new year brings with it promises of tax time. And while you’re poring over the multiple forms on your desk and sorting through your 2010 receipts, you may already be planning for your 2011 taxes. If you’re planning on selling one of your business’s assets this year and replacing it with a new one, […]
Donating a Piece of Equipment? Get a Gift Appraisal
Imagine that you’ve been hospitalized while dealing with a major health crisis. Once you regain your health and are discharged from the hospital, you’d like to show the people who cared for you your appreciation. You decide that the best way to do this is to donate a new piece of equipment to replace the […]
What Is Fair Market Value
We’ve discussed orderly liquidation value and forced liquidation value in recent posts. Today, we’ll explain the third type of value a Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraiser (CMEA) may assign to your assets: fair market value. Fair market value is based on the best price you’d receive for your machinery or piece of equipment if it […]
Why Attorneys Need a CMEA
Attorneys frequently work on cases that involve the value of a business’ physical assets, such as machinery and equipment, but oftentimes rely on the client’s estimates, follow a depreciation schedule, or guess at their value rather than rely on a certified machinery and equipment appraisal. Even value estimates put forth by an uncertified auctioneer or […]
