Appraisal Is much lower than expected

[Kenneth Moerschel]

Hi Everyone, Received a lower appraisal for a house than expected. Is there anything I can do to "challenge" the appraisal or is there a way to see if I can get a little more out of the house than what it was appraised for? Any ideas are appreciated. Just looking to do a refinance and we all were a little surprised it appraised for a lot less than expected. 

[Jonathan Greene]

In my experience, the only way to "prove" to an appraiser that they came in too low is to provide comps that support the value you think it's worth. If you have a friend who is an agent they may be able to find comps that support your anticipated value. Appraisers run a pretty strict formula so you need to show how they missed something or like Tim said above, find the value add that they missed in their appraisal.