About Brian Ward
California Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser, license AR036053.
Brian Ward is a California Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser (license AR036053) who has appraised homes in Southern California since 2004. He founded Brian Ward Appraisal, and LA Value Pro is its Los Angeles County desktop appraisal service.
- Licensed by the State of CaliforniaCertified Residential Real Estate Appraiser, license AR036053, issued by the California Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers. The license can be verified on the Bureau's website, brea.ca.gov.
- More than twenty years of appraisal workAppraising since 2004, with more than 7,000 appraisals completed across Southern California.
- Experienced in disputes and testimonyHas served as an expert witness in family law and bankruptcy matters, which shapes how every report is written: clearly, with its reasoning on the page.
- Focused on private-purpose workDate-of-death and retrospective values, trust and estate administration, gift tax, Prop 19 transfers, and divorce.
One appraiser, start to finish
LA Value Pro is not a marketplace or a call center. Brian reviews each request, selects and analyzes the comparable sales, writes the report, and signs it. Questions go to the person who did the work.
Why desktop, and why Los Angeles County
Brian Ward Appraisal is based in San Diego County and also runs the statewide desktop service at date-of-death.com. Los Angeles County has one of the deepest records of residential sales in the country, which is exactly what desktop analysis depends on. Combining that data with photos from the family lets us deliver well-supported values across the county without the delays of scheduling inspections.
Independence
Fees never depend on the value reached. We do not represent buyers or sellers, and we do not tailor a value to a client's preference. That independence is what makes the report useful to CPAs, trustees, attorneys, and the other side of a negotiation.
Reviewed November 2026.
Ready to request an appraisal?
Send the address and the date the value is needed for. We confirm the property and the fee within one business day; the report is delivered in 3+ business days.