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• How to Reduce Appraisal Bias

Civil, Probate & Court Appointed Expert Witness

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Professional Appraiser since 1975. Designated expert witness real property appraiser for over 40 years. Testified as an expert witness in in California, Nevada and Texas in State & Federal courts. Testified in Arbitration at JAMS, Judicate West and ADR Services Designated Member of the Appraisal Institute since 1980 - Awarded 'Lifelong Member' by A.I. Member of Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA) & Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). Certified General Appraiser - highest license available, with no limitation on complexity or difficulty of property type or interests for FRTs Taught 'Litigation for Appraisers" for the Appraisal Institute (A.I.) and for the Zen Appraiser Community Taught "Testifying as an Expert Witness" for the Relocation and Complex Appraisals organization (RAC) Taught "Litigation for Residential Appraisers" for Relocation and Complex Appraisals organization (RAC) Taught "Professional Standards - Mock Trial" for Orange County Realtors Taught "Mock Trial: Do's and Don'ts for Appraisers" for Relocation and Complex Appraisals organization (RAC) Taught "Breaking Into Litigation Appraising" on behalf of the American Valuation Society (AVS). Taught "Stats Graphs and Data Science" segments multiple times on behalf of Valuemetrics (George Dell MAI SRA CRE) Taught "Market Analysis - Time Adjustments", "Price Indexing - Time Adjustments", "Alternative Methods for Residential Properties", "Diversification for the Residential Appraiser", "VA Loan Workshop", "Relocation Appraising", "Appraising the Small Residential Income Property", "Excel & AI for Appraisers", "A.I. for Appraisers" for multiple organizations. Taught/Trained the State of California Department of Financial Institutions Auditors how to recognize appraisal fraud. President of the Appraisal Institute OC Chapter in 1984 Secretary of Orange County Chapter of Forensic Expert Witness Association in 2017 Expert witness cases include but are not limited to single family, custom residential, apartments, industrial, commercial, land, 2-4 units, condominiums, mixed-use involving encroachments, easements, loss of view, failure of seller and/or agent to disclose material facts, construction defects, fire damage, water damage, fraud, elder abuse, title defects, appraiser negligence, wrongful foreclosure, self-dealing by Trustees, loss of use, fair rental value, unlawful use, property/title theft, Homeowner Associations, major insurance companies. Engaged by the Federal Deposit Insurance Insurance Corp (FDIC) as Expert and Consultant on litigation in two cases against two major AMCs involving claims of excessive valuations, contributing to failure of WAMU. Engaged by State of California Department of Justice on Criminal prosecution case involving stolen land. Engaged as Rebuttal Witness Engaged as Expert on claims of Racial Bias by borrower against Lenders & AMCs Engaged as Expert on Legal Malpractice case against Attorney Engaged as Expert on claims made against Appraisers Fractional Interests | Minority Interests in real property owning entities Fee Simple - Leasehold - Leased Fee - Life Estate interests Forensic Appraisals - Lease Negotiations - Ground Lease Analysis - Buyout Price Negotiations - USPAP Compliance - Retrospective / Historical Appraisals - Appraisal Reviews - REO's - Short Sale analysis - Partnership Dissolutions - Foreclosure - Publications include "How to Reduce Appraisal Bias with Help from the GSE's", "Book Review - Generative Shift", Multiple "Market Summaries" of Southern California and Orange County for Worldwide ERCs Mobility Magazine. Independent Broker and member of National Association of Realtors (NAR) since 1984