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Partner Engineering and SciencePhase I assessments on lender timelines.First American Title (Commercial)National commercial title underwriting.Equipment Appraisal ServicesUSPAP machinery and equipment appraisals.Escrow.comEscrow with a published fee schedule.AEI ConsultantsPhase I firm that shows you its reports.Stewart Title (Commercial)Commercial title for deals of any size.Hilco Valuation ServicesLender-grade machinery appraisals.
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| AEI Consultants | Custom PricingNo published pricing; scoped and quoted per engagement (site read Aug 2026). The checklist and sample-report pages are open, but the engagement still starts with a quote. | A buyer who wants to understand the Phase I before paying for one: the published checklist and sample reports make this the most readable vendor in the class, and the agency-lender work means the reports satisfy institutional reviewers. |
| Equipment Appraisal Services | Custom PricingQuote-only: the site's own call to action is a free quote by phone (read Aug 2026). No rate card or turnaround is published. | The certified equipment appraisal an SBA lender requires when machinery is a meaningful share of the collateral, and the seller's asset list is a spreadsheet of purchase prices rather than current values. |
| Escrow.com | One-TimePublished fee calculator (read Aug 2026): 2.6% with a $50 minimum under $5,000, stepping down by tier to 1.0% with a $12,000 minimum at $1,000,000 to $3,000,000; concierge roughly doubles each tier; card or PayPal funding adds 3.05%; international wires add about $25 in intermediary bank fees. | Smaller asset purchases, domain and online-business transfers, and staged buyouts where both sides want a neutral licensed holder and the deal has no closing attorney or title company already running escrow. |
| First American Title (Commercial) | Custom PricingTitle premiums are state-filed rates, so the site publishes no national pricing (read Aug 2026). Expect the premium to be quoted by the local office handling your closing, off the filed schedule for that state. | A deal that includes real estate, where the lender requires title insurance and you would rather name a national underwriter than accept whichever agency the seller's side suggests. Also relevant for escrow and settlement when the property is the deal's anchor asset. |
| Hilco Valuation Services | Custom PricingNo pricing is published (read Aug 2026); engagements are scoped to the asset base. | Larger or multi-site equipment fleets where the lender wants a national valuation firm's name on the appraisal, or where the deal's collateral spans machinery plus inventory and receivables in one engagement. |
| Partner Engineering and Science | Custom PricingNo published pricing; engagements are scoped and quoted. The firm's Phase I page (read Aug 2026) describes the product and the standard but carries no rate card, which is normal for this vendor class. | The Phase I your lender orders on any acquisition that includes real property, especially where a fueled, industrial, or dry-cleaning past use makes currency with the ASTM standard matter. If the deal is a leased-premises asset purchase, ask the lender whether a cheaper records search satisfies them first. |
| Stewart Title (Commercial) | Custom PricingTitle premiums are state-filed; the site publishes no rates (read Aug 2026). | A second national title quote beside First American when the deal includes property, or the first call when the transaction spans several states and underwriter judgment will matter more than office proximity. |
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