The platform mechanics are covered above, so let me address the harder problem, which is that you now have three different numbers and no way to tell which one is right. Where the number on a profile page comes from. Almost always an automated valuation model, which is software that takes public record data on your house, finds recent nearby sales, and does arithmetic. It never saw your house. It does not know about your renovation, your view, your lot, your club membership or your roof. In a market like Okatie these models are at their weakest, for three specific reasons: sales volume in any single community is low, the homes vary a lot in finish level, and amenity and membership structures affect value in ways no public record captures. So do not treat that figure as evidence of anything. It is a starting point generated without information. Now, the part that matters. Two full service brokers have already walked your house. You have their numbers. Your own expectation is $750,000 to $780,000. Here is how I would resolve it. Ask each of the two brokers, in writing, for the specific sold comparables they used, with addresses and closing dates, and their adjustments. Not their conclusion. Their work. A number without comps is an opinion. A number with three closed sales and stated adjustments is an analysis, and you can check it yourself. Then ask each of them a different and more revealing question: what do you think this house will appraise at. Agents sometimes shade a list price recommendation toward what they think you want to hear, or toward what will win the listing. Almost nobody shades an appraisal prediction, because they know a real appraiser is going to show up later and grade their homework. If their numbers are within about three percent of each other, you have your answer, and your $750,000 to $780,000 expectation should be measured against it honestly. If they are far apart, or if both are well below your expectation, order a pre-listing appraisal from a South Carolina certified appraiser. It will cost several hundred dollars and it buys you two things: a defensible number, and a document you can hand to a buyer's agent who argues price. On a house in your range that is cheap insurance. Two Lowcountry specific factors to make sure any valuation actually accounts for: Club or community membership. If your community carries an equity membership, a transferable membership, or mandatory dues, that materially affects both value and buyer pool, and no automated model handles it. Make sure whoever prices your home knows the exact membership structure and what transfers to a buyer. Insurance and flood. Coastal South Carolina insurance and flood zone designations have moved significantly since this question was posted in April 2022, and buyers now underwrite carrying cost as carefully as price. A current insurance quote and your elevation certificate, if you have one, are worth having in hand before you list. If your flood zone or premium is favorable relative to your neighbors, that is a selling point worth stating. One more thing worth knowing about your buyer pool. South Carolina assesses owner-occupied primary residences at a lower ratio than second homes and investment properties, which means an out-of-state buyer purchasing your house as a second home may face a substantially higher annual tax bill than your current one. If a large share of your likely buyers are second home buyers, get the actual number they would pay from the county before you list, so you are not surprised by it during negotiation. Buyers routinely try to reprice a deal when they discover it late. Note also that the question above is from 2022 and Lowcountry pricing has moved since. Any number in this thread, including the profile estimate, should be replaced with current data. I am a real estate professional, not an appraiser. If two experienced local brokers who have both seen the house are telling you the same thing and it is below your expectation, the difficult but correct move is to take that seriously and ask them to prove it with comps rather than to keep looking for a third opinion that agrees with you. I am Zoltan Peresztegi and I work Palos Verdes and the South Bay in Los Angeles, so I am not your Beaufort County agent. But the two questions above, show me your comps and what will it appraise at, work in any market and will tell you a lot about which of those two brokers you want. Zoltan


