A pricing-guide printout
Free
A range, not a method.
Unsourced book value. A probate examiner, a trustee, or an IRS reviewer can wave it away.
For law firms and fiduciaries
A defensible vehicle value for every matter.
Sourced, court-ready, and white-labeled to your firm. In about a minute, for a fraction of an appraisal.
[ YOUR FIRM ]
Attorneys at Law
Exhibit B-1
No. 2024-PR-0114
Comparative Market Analysis
Fair Market Value
2019 Honda Odyssey EX-L
VIN ···027 · 62,140 mi · Denver, CO
As of date of death37 comparables
$24,850
April 12, 2024
Comparable retail listings4 of 37
$25,40061,900 miDenver, CO
$24,20068,300 miAurora, CO
$25,90055,100 miBoulder, CO
$23,70071,050 miFort Collins, CO
Method disclosedBackdated to date of deathPrepared by [Your Firm]
The problem
On a routine vehicle, every option is bad.
A licensed appraisal
$200 to $800
Slow, and hard to bill.
Defensible, but you cannot charge a client $400 to value a used sedan, and it takes days.
A vehicle-history report
About $40
Not a valuation at all.
It shows where the car has been, not what it is worth to the court today.
Why Carriage
One number, built to hold up in front of anyone.
You should not have to send a client to a $400 appraiser for a used sedan, or stake the matter on a printout that gets waved away. Every number is sourced from real market listings, sized to the filing, and shown in full, so it holds up in front of the examiner, the trustee, or the judge, with your firm's name on the cover.
How it works
Three steps to a filing you can stand behind.
The same three steps whether it is one client's vehicle or a portfolio of ten thousand.
01
Send the VIN, the date, and the matter
The date that governs the filing: the death, the petition, the donation. Or a CSV of VINs for a whole portfolio.
02
We build the number from the live market
We decode the VIN, gather 30 to 50 real retail comparables, mileage-adjust, backdate to the date that governs, and flag open recalls.
03
You file a report with your name on it
A sourced, white-labeled PDF sized to the exact filing, with the full method shown. In about a minute.
What we cover
Every matter that turns on a vehicle's value.
For the practices that handle them, and the institutions that meet vehicles by the thousand.
The matters you file
White-labeled with your firm's brand.
A death in the family
Estate
Values the vehicle for the probate inventory and Form 706, backdated to the date of death.
Get startedA Chapter 7 or 13 filing
Bankruptcy
Puts replacement cost and private-party value on Schedule A/B, with lien-net equity.
Get startedA guardianship or conservatorship
Guardianship
Delivers a court-ready value at the date of appointment, with open recalls disclosed.
Get startedA divorce
Divorce
Sets retail, private-party, and trade-in side by side, backdated to the date your state requires.
Get startedA charitable donation
Donation
Sizes a defensible fair market value for Form 8283, Section A.
Get startedAnd when it is by the thousand
For insurers, lenders, and fleets.
A total-loss or repossession queue
Fleet
Identifies every vehicle at once: year, make, model, trim, build, MSRP, photo.
Get startedA portfolio review
Portfolio
Pulls the exact columns the review needs, including live comparable-market snapshots.
Get startedA book of business to enrich
Customers
Enriches a list of contacts and writes it straight into your CRM.
Get startedPriced per report: from $29 self-serve, from $99 white-labeled for your firm, or from $0.05 a row at scale. No subscription.
The payoff
The matter closes.
The report is sourced, dated, white-labeled, and shows its work. It goes straight into the inventory, the schedule, or the return, and it holds. About a minute and a client-friendly fee, instead of a week and a $400 appraisal.
The honest boundary
When this is the right instrument, and when it is not.
The right tool when
- You need a sourced, defensible number fast.
- You file with a court, trustee, or IRS.
- You want your firm's brand on the report.
- You have one matter, or ten thousand vehicles.
The wrong tool when
- A statute demands a signed USPAP appraisal.
- The vehicle is a rare collectible or exotic.
- You need a mechanical or title inspection.
- You need real-time consumer enrichment.
Every report is a comparative market analysis with the method disclosed in full, not a USPAP appraisal. For most filings that is exactly the right instrument. When a licensed appraiser is required, it hands them a head start and shaves hours off the fee.
Questions
The questions every firm asks.
- Will a court or the IRS accept it?
- Every report is a comparative market analysis built from public retail listings, with the full method disclosed so any examiner, trustee, or judge can audit the math. It is not a USPAP appraisal, and it says so plainly.
- Can I put my firm's brand on it?
- Yes. The white-label tier carries your logo, firm name, and contact details on every page, so it reaches the client and the court as your firm's own work product.
- How is it priced?
- Per report, no subscription. Self-serve from $29, white-labeled from $99, or per row for vehicles at scale. You bill it to the matter.
- Where does the data come from?
- Live retail vehicle-market data: VIN decode, 30 to 50 current comparable listings, ZIP-localized depreciation, and NHTSA recall records. It is pulled per request, never a static book value.
- How fast is it?
- About a minute, start to finish. Enter the VIN, the date, and the matter, then download the report.
- What about vehicles at scale?
- For a whole list, we decode and enrich thousands of VINs into a spreadsheet, or write the enriched records straight into your CRM. Pricing is per VIN or per row, with a five dollar minimum.