Precision is the family trade.
Lukes & Lukes brings a clockmaker's standard to machinery and equipment appraisal. Two appraisers, one signature standard, for the situations where the number has to hold up.
Who we are
An independent machinery and equipment appraisal firm.
Lukes & Lukes is a national, independent firm that appraises machinery and equipment for the moments when a number has to withstand scrutiny: a loan, an SBA file, an acquisition, an audit, the IRS, a court. We lead with three hard specialties, healthcare and medical, automotive, and general machinery and equipment, and we deliver boutique judgment at the standard a balance sheet deserves.
We are not the cheapest, and we do not compete on the clock. We compete on defensibility: an opinion of value developed under USPAP, documented in full, and built to hold up when someone with a reason to disagree reads it closely.
CEO & lead appraiser
Jared Lukes
Jared leads the firm and the appraisal work. He carries the family precision standard into every assignment and signs the firm's name to the result. His view of the craft is simple: an asset is worth a number, and that number is either defensible or it is not. There is no almost.
That standard sets how the firm scopes an engagement, selects and reconciles the approaches to value, and documents the reasoning, so the conclusion stands on its own.
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Report writer & audit specialist
Jesse Lukes
Jesse came up inside the bank. He originated loans and reviewed collateral at BMO, and he has written appraisals alongside the firm for years. That background is the difference you feel in the report: Jesse reads a file the way a lender does, so our appraisals answer a credit officer's questions before they are asked.
Most appraisal firms are appraiser-only. Pairing the appraisal craft with genuine lender fluency is what makes a Lukes & Lukes report land cleanly on a credit desk, an SBA file, or an examiner's review.
Credentials & standard
The standard behind the signature.
Every appraisal is independent and prepared under USPAP, the framework that governs credible appraisal practice in the United States. The work is performed by a NEBB-certified Machinery & Equipment Appraiser (CMEA), with senior review on every report before it leaves.
- USPAP-compliant on every assignment, regardless of premise or intended use
- NEBB-certified Machinery & Equipment Appraiser (CMEA)
- Independent of the deal, the lender and the parties
- Lender-fluent, with collateral and credit experience inside the report
- Defensible, built to withstand lender, SBA, IRS, audit and legal review
Experience
Across the institutions that own the assets and finance the deals.
Our principals have consulted and performed analysis for organizations across healthcare, automotive and finance. That experience, on both the asset side and the lending side, is why our reports speak the language of the people who rely on them: the lender underwriting the collateral, the CFO closing the deal, the attorney building the record, the auditor signing off.
An asset is worth a number, and that number is either defensible or it isn't. There is no almost.
The Lukes family trade was precision. The same care once given to movements and mechanisms now goes into machinery and equipment: measured, documented, and accountable to the people who act on it. That is the whole of the brand, and the whole of the promise.
Common questions
Answers, up front.
Who are the appraisers at Lukes & Lukes?
The firm is led by Jared Lukes, CEO and lead appraiser, who carries the appraisal craft and signs the firm's standard, and Jesse Lukes, report writer and audit specialist, who came up originating loans and reviewing collateral at BMO. The combination of appraisal expertise and genuine lender fluency is the firm's distinguishing strength.
What are your credentials?
Every appraisal is independent and USPAP-compliant, prepared by a NEBB-certified Machinery & Equipment Appraiser (CMEA), with senior review on every report. Reports are built to withstand lender, SBA, IRS, audit and legal review.
What makes Lukes & Lukes different from other equipment appraisers?
Lender fluency and a refined standard. Jesse's banking background means our reports answer a credit officer's questions before they are asked, and the firm competes on defensibility rather than on price or speed. We are independent, national, and organized around three deep specialties.
Do you appraise nationwide?
Yes. Lukes & Lukes works nationwide, as a desktop appraisal from your asset list and photographs or on-site across one or more locations, anywhere in the United States.