A real estate appraiser and expert witness with more than 40 years of experience, this professional specializes in residential valuation, appraisal methodology, appraisal review, real estate development, land use, construction-related valuation, sales and marketing, investment property, and mortgage fraud. More than 40 years of expert witness experience includes consultations, deposition testimony, courtroom testimony, appraisal review, strategy planning, and trial preparation. Litigation-related assignments have involved property rights, foreclosure, fraud, taxation, easements, divorce, lending issues, and loss-of-value questions associated with landslides, water damage, structural conditions, waterfront property, and other factors affecting real estate.

Professional qualifications include the SRA designation from the Appraisal Institute, prior real estate sales and appraisal experience, and service as a review appraiser for government agencies, attorneys, lenders, and the Appraisal Institute. Formal bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree information is not identified in the supplied materials; however, extensive professional education is documented in residential valuation, appraisal review, USPAP, high-value and unusual properties, contaminated property, appraisal liability, finance, land use, construction, real estate law, mortgage fraud, and related appraisal standards.

Leadership experience includes service as President, Chief Appraiser, and real estate professor, with additional responsibilities as a nationally recognized instructor, author, lecturer, and educator. Earlier work in sales, construction, development coordination, land acquisition, and subdivision planning involved market evaluations, construction financing, plat approvals, easements, and coordination with engineers, architects, lenders, surveyors, and government agencies. This background provides a broad foundation for evaluating property condition, highest and best use, development feasibility, appraisal methodology, and diminution in value.

Beyond appraisal practice, the expert has served in leadership with the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators, including chairmanship of its Mortgage Fraud Task Force, and previously participated in ethics and counseling activities for the Appraisal Institute. He has also contributed to state and federal legislation involving mortgage brokerage, appraisal management companies, foreclosure-related protections, and lending practices. His combined experience in valuation, appraisal review, mortgage and real estate fraud, regulatory education, development, and expert testimony supports analysis of appraisal deficiencies, valuation standards, property-condition disputes, fraud allegations, and other complex real estate matters.