Trusted Appraisals, Delivered When You Need Them
At Workingman Capital, we deliver high-quality, defensible appraisals on the timelines that real business decisions demand. Whether you’re navigating a financing event, restructuring, insurance requirement, or transaction, our team produces reports that hold up under scrutiny, without the delays that typically accompany rigorous valuation work.
Decades of Experience, Backed by CPPAO Accreditation
Our appraisers are accredited members of the Canadian Personal Property Appraisers Organization (CPPAO), the gold standard for personal property valuation in Canada. That credential is reinforced by decades of hands-on experience valuing equipment and assets across a wide range of industries: from manufacturing and construction to transportation, energy, and beyond. The result is appraisals that are not only credible to lenders, courts, and insurers, but grounded in deep sector-specific expertise.
Powered by Real Sale Data, Not Theory
What truly sets our appraisals apart is our proprietary database, built over many years from the actual sale results of equipment we’ve bought, sold, and liquidated ourselves. Where most appraisers rely on published guides or asking prices, we benchmark against real-world transactions across countless asset categories. That means our values reflect what equipment actually sells for. This gives our clients a level of accuracy and confidence that simply can’t be matched by desk-research-driven reports.
Appraisals Proven Process
Scope
Define purpose, premise,
and timeline of the appraisal
Inspect
On-site review and
detailed asset identification
Research
Sector-specific market
and condition analysis
Benchmark
Compare against our
proprietary real-sale database
Deliver
Defensible CPPAO report,
on your timeline
FAQs
Common reasons include securing or refinancing a loan, buying or selling a business, insurance, partnership or ownership changes, estate and tax matters, and audits or insolvency proceedings. In any of these, a credible third-party opinion of value protects you and stands up to scrutiny.
We appraise industrial machinery, equipment, and entire manufacturing facilities. Our valuations draw on real auction and resale data, because we’re the ones who actually buy and sell this equipment, which keeps our numbers grounded in what the market will truly pay.
Fair Market Value assumes a willing buyer and seller with no time pressure. Orderly Liquidation Value assumes a reasonable period to sell. Forced Liquidation Value assumes a quick, compelled sale, such as an auction on a deadline. The right standard depends on your purpose, and we’ll explain which one fits and why.
Always. We treat every engagement as strictly confidential, and we never sell or share our database. Discretion matters to us, especially when a business is in a sensitive or time-pressured situation.
It depends on the size and complexity of the assets and how quickly you need it. Once we know the necessary details, we’ll give you a flat quote and a clear timeline before any work begins, so there are no surprises. Most appraisals can be completed within 7 business days of inspection.