Qualifications
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Appraisal Functions Include:
Acquisitions, Bankruptcy, Bond Financing, Condemnation, Construction Defect, Disposition
and Liquidation Decision Making, Abundance of Caution for Federally Related Transaction,
Donation, Estate Tax Appeal, Exchange, Excess Land, Determination of Economic Feasibility
and Market Absorption, Foreclosures, Litigation, Real Property Tax Appeal, Negotiation,
Partnership Dissolution, Portfolio Review for Non-Profits, Redevelopment, Lending for Real
Property and Going Concern, Group Rental for Long Term Leases, Determining Highest and
Best Use of Undeveloped Acreage, Claims of Damage to Real Estate Caused by Other Party,
USPAP Compliance Appraisal Review.
Typical Appraisal Assignments:
Public:
Airport Expansions, Assessment Districts, Electrical & Access R/W’s, Flood Control
Projects, Park Sites, Subterranean Pipeline Easements, Golf Courses, Proposed
Prison Sites, Public Right -of - Way Dedications, Railroad R/W’s, School Sites,
Temporary Easements, Urban and Rural Mountainous Land, Indian and Leaseholds
and Lease Fees, Mountainous Communication Tower Sites, IRS seizes on
Questionable Properties, Desert Lands, Accretion Interests Caused By Changing
River Courses, and RTC Deposition for Auctions.
Private:
Drug Rehab Centers, Cold Storage Facilities, Mobile Home Parks, Day Care Centers, Mini-Storage, Newspaper Buildings, Proposed Service Station, Car-washes, Apartment
Complexes, Medical Office Buildings, Neighborhood & Community Shopping Centers,
Residential and Commercial Subdivisions, Restaurant Going - Concern, Undeveloped Acreage, Highest and Best Used Studies, Highway Patrol Facilities, Churches, Special
Purpose Properties, Trucking, Distribution Facilities, Golf Course Properties, Proposed
Time-Share Developments, Aggregate Retail and Bulk or Wholesale Values of Proposed
Subdivision Developments, Retrospective Real Property Valuations, Motels, Parking
Lots, Gypsum Mine Acres, Clothing Optional Resorts, R & D Industrial Facilities,
Historical Buildings, Agricultural Going - Concern, Riverfront Properties, Ranch’s and
Equestrian Centers, Thoroughbred Racehorse Farms, Sports Clubs, Multi -Screen Movie
Theaters, High-rise Office Buildings, Planned Unit Developments (PUD’s), to Estimate
Liquidation Value for Forced Sale or Auction Proceedings, Recreation Properties,
Campgrounds, and Cemeteries, Lakes, R/R Corridors, Inland Sea (Salton Sea)
Interest and Value Types Appraised:
Fee Simple Estate
Leased Fee Estate
Lease Hold Estate
Sandwich Leasehold Estate
Life Estates
Vertical Estates (Subsurface & Air Rights)
Easements
Partnership Interests
- Joint Tenancy Value
- Tenancy by the Entirety Value
Market Rental Value
Specialized Fractional Ownership
- Condominium Interest
- Cooperative Interest
- Timeshare Interest
Legal Entities Affecting Ownership
- Stock Corporation Market Value
- Land Trust Beneficiary’s Partial Interest
- Fixed Assets
- Tangible Assets Value
- Intangible Assets Value
- Financial Assets Value
- General and Limited Partnership Interests
- Equity Syndications
- Closely Held Business
- Going Concern Value (Real Property & Business Value)
- Business Value only
- Liquidation Value vs. Continued Operation of Business
- Use Value (as opposed to Value in Exchange)
Investment Value (individual’s Investment Return Objectives)
Highest and Best Use Analysis Impacting Value
- Economic Feasibility Studies
Eminent Domain (State and Federal Rule)
- Just Compensation Estimates for Public Takings of Private Property Interests
- Determination of the “ Larger Parcel”
- Other Legal Matters
- Valuation of Detrimental Conditions, Construction Defects, etc.
- Diminution of Value (Before and After)
