I am trying to get an estimate of the value of my house without scaring my tenant

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Heritage Harbour Senior's Community Annapolis, Maryland 
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July 20 2011 - Annapolis
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Appraisers frequently do not need to enter a home for the appraisal. Much of the appraisal is based on comparable properties and local neighborhood.
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January 09
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Contact a local realtor and ask them to conduct a comparable market analysis. Most realtors can give you a "desktop" valuation, where they conduct an analysis without physically seeing the home. This value will not be as accurate as an analysis with access to the home, but can give you a general idea of value. 

Regarding the tenant, as a landlord you can let them know you will be doing a walkthrough with an appraisal for estate/financial planning. Most tenants will understand that there are many reasons why a landlord would need an valuation of the property. 
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January 09
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You can get a CMA form an agent sight unseen, but you can also ask several agents for CMA's. You may also be able to walk one of those agents through for a closer estimate.

Just tell you tenant that you are working with a financial planner on your estate planning and that they need the value of the house form an agent to structure your retirement plan.
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January 06
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George seems to be on top of this. Give him more info such as style of home, # of BR and Baths and sq footage and he should be able to give you a fairly accuate number
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January 06
Here is everything for the past 6 months... let me know if you need more precise info.

Click the following URL to see the listings:
http://mrislistings.mris.com/DE.asp?k=176606XGE0J&p=DE-156350098-160
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January 05
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You can contact a local realtor and ask them to perform a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA). Most realtors will do this free of charge. Or you can hire an appraiser to do a formal appraisal.

I assume you are doing this for estate purposes or perhaps you are considering an appeal of your property taxes :-)
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