ARV Support Reviewer
Audits a broker's or borrower's after-repair value and gives you the number to lend on
Install it in one line — paste a single command into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor and it writes the skill into your project.
Free, and about thirty seconds: a work email and a six-digit code.
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What this skill does
Checks the after-repair value someone else put on a flip — the borrower's, the broker's or a broker price opinion — comp by comp. Throws out the comps that don't belong, corrects the math, tests whether the planned work really produces a house like the comps, and gives you a conservative value to size the loan on.
What it does
- Grades each comp on distance, sale date, size, condition, neighborhood boundaries and whether it was a true market sale
- Catches the common inflators: new construction used for a rehab, active listings counted as sales, seller credits left in the price
- Checks the adjustments and the price-per-square-foot shortcuts behind the number
- Tests whether the scope of work actually delivers the condition of the comps
- Builds a rounded-down lender value with a confidence level and shows how much it changes the loan
- Says when to order an appraisal or broker price opinion, and what to ask for
When to use it
- A flip or bridge request arrives with the borrower's or broker's value
- The value looks aggressive for the neighborhood
- Deciding whether a desktop value is enough or a full appraisal is needed
- Before issuing a term sheet on a rehab loan
What to have ready
- The claimed after-repair value and the comps behind it
- The property's size, bedrooms and bathrooms after the work
- The scope of work
- Any other recent sales you know about, and your comp standards if you have them
How to use it
- Download it with the button above. You'll sign in with a work email — that's how the creator knows who is using their skill.
- Copy the install prompt from the "Run it in Claude" box, and paste it into Claude along with the file. Claude installs the skill, fills in your firm's details where the file has
[BRACKETED]placeholders, and runs a quick test with you. - Then just ask in plain English. Claude picks the skill up on its own when a request matches it. Anything it still needs, it asks you for — it won't invent a number.
"Broker says [PROPERTY ADDRESS] is worth [ARV] after rehab — comps attached. Does it hold up, and what value should we lend on?"
What you get back
A supported, supported-at-a-lower-value or not-supported verdict, a comp scorecard, the lender value with its confidence level, the effect on the loan amount, and what evidence would support a higher number.
Good to know
- Output quality tracks input quality. A missing figure is flagged as missing — it is never estimated to fill a gap.
- Every draft is a starting point for your own review, not a finished decision.
- Runs anywhere Claude does: the Claude app, Claude Desktop, or Claude Code.
- It never invents sales or market trends, rounds down rather than up, and never frames anything sent to an appraiser as a target value.
Legal disclaimer
This skill drafts; it does not decide. Its output is not legal, tax, accounting, appraisal, or investment advice, and using it creates no attorney-client, fiduciary, or advisory relationship. Nothing it produces is a commitment to lend or an offer to sell a security. Verify every number, date, citation, and conclusion against the source documents, and have a qualified professional licensed in the relevant jurisdiction review the work before you rely on it or send it to a borrower, investor, counterparty, or regulator. Laws, rates, and market data change. The final work product is yours.
Inside this skill
The actual file you get. Members can read it in full before saving it.
ARV Support Reviewer
Every fix-and-flip file arrives with an after-repair value, and it is almost always the highest number the comps could be made to say. The usual tricks are not fraud — they are selection: the new construction sale across the highway, the active listing counted as a sale, the one comp with a finished basement, the $10,000 seller credit left in the price. This skill reviews someone else's ARV the way a skeptical lender would, comp by comp, and hands back the number the lender should actually size on.
Works for 1–4 unit residential fix-and-flip and value-add bridge loans. It differs from a comp-pulling analyzer such as residential-comps-analyzer, which finds comps and builds a value for an investor; this skill audits a value that already exists and decides how much of it the lender will accept. For commercial appraisal reports, use appraisal-and-valuation-reviewer instead.
Step 1 — Intake
| Input | Required? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The ARV being claimed and who produced it | ✅ | Borrower, broker, BPO agent, or appraiser — and whether it is a point value or a range |
| The comps used | ✅ | Address, sale date, sale price, GLA, beds/baths, year built, lot, condition notes, distance to subject. MLS sheets or photos if available |
| Subject facts after rehab | ✅ | GLA, beds/baths, lot, year built, and the finish level the scope delivers |
| Scope of work | ✅ | To test whether the finished subject will match the comps' condition |
| Other sales the user has | Helpful | Comps the preparer did not use are often the most telling |
| Local market direction | Helpful | User-supplied price trend for time adjustments; never assume one |
| Lender's comp standards | Helpful | Distance, date, size tolerances. If none, use Step 2 defaults and label them |
Minimum viable: the ARV, at least three comps with price, date, size and distance, and the subject's post-rehab size and bed/bath count.
Step 2 — Score every comp
Grade each comp against these tests. Tolerances are illustrative defaults — replace with the lender's standards.
| Test | Good | Weak | Disqualifying (for ARV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sale status | Closed sale | Pending, with contract price verified | Active listing or expired listing — support only, never value |
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Ratings & reviews
No written reviews yet. If you run this on a live file, say how it went. The next lender reading this page is deciding whether to trust it.
Examination record
Run it in Claude
- Copy the install command above
- Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
- It writes the skill in, fills in your firm’s details, and test-runs it with you
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