1989 - present - Independent Fee Appraiser and Real Estate Consultant, Allen & Associates (The Appraisal Group), Durango, Colorado. Real estate appraisals, consulting, marketability, and feasibility studies. Properties considered include residential, commercial, agricultural, industrial and special purpose properties - public and private. Assignments have included: single and multi-family residences; commercial, single/multi-family and multi-use development projects; retail and office buildings; medical office buildings; hotels/motels; mobile home parks; public schools and other governmental facilities; large and small working and retreat ranches; farming operations; nursing homes; office/warehouses and warehouses; religious facilities, other special purpose and special use properties; and easements including eminent domain. Created The Real Estate Watch in 1995 and www.laplatainfo.com in 1998 both of which rely upon the assemblage of La Plata County real estate sale data by Allen & Associates.

1986 - 1989 - Associate Real Estate Appraiser, Willis Associates, Inc., Troy J. Willis, MAI, Durango, Colorado. Properties appraised include residential, commercial, agricultural, industrial and special purpose properties.

1982 - 1985 - Employed as Engineering Technician (civil), Cap Allen Engineering, Durango, Colorado. Specializing in land use planning and development - subdivision improvements design and cost analysis - field and office survey experience including property size, topography, drainage, improvements, utilities, soils, etc.

1982 - Employed as Seismologist by Geosource International, Houston, Texas - data processing.

B.A. Colgate University, 1981, Hamilton, New York

• CERTIFIED GENERAL APPRAISER
State of Colorado #CGO1313435
Practicing Affiliate - Appraisal Institute

Successfully completed numerous appraisal and real estate courses and seminars and passed the corresponding exams (if applicable) sponsored by the Appraisal Institute and/or other organizations.

1987 - AIREA Seminar Federal Home Loan Bank Board Regulation R-41c
1994 - Appraisal Institute Seminar - Subdivision Analysis
1994 - Appraisal Institute Seminar - Rates, Ratios and Reasonableness
1994 - Appraisal Institute Seminar - Understanding Limited Appraisals - General
1995 - Appraisal Institute Seminar - Fair Lending and The Appraiser
1995 - Bank One Matchmaker Seminar - Bankers-N- Appraisers
1997 - CLE International Seminar - Real Estate Development
1999 – Understanding Conservation Easements, Estate Planning and the New Tax
           Laws”
2000 – International ROW Association – Legal Aspects of Easements
2000 – Professional Exchange Accommodators, LLC 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges
2000 – Federal Land Exchanges and Acquisitions (ASFMA)
1988 - Real Estate Appraisal Principles
1988 - Standards of Professional Practice
1989 - Basic Valuation Procedures
1989 - Capitalization Theory and Techniques - Part A
1989 - Capitalization Theory and Techniques - Part B
1990 - Case Studies in Real Estate Valuation
1990 - Report Writing and Valuation Analysis
1993 - Standards of Professional Practice - Part A
1993 - Standards of Professional Practice - Part B
1994 - Appraisal Institute Seminar Understanding Limited Appraisals
1997 - Standards of Professional Practice - Part C
2005 - The Appraiser as Expert Witness
2005 - Conservation Easements - Playing by the rules
2006 - Appraisal Institute Seminar Intro to GIS Applications to Real Estate Appraisal
2007 - Appraisal Institute Seminar State of Colorado Statues and Rules
2007 – Appraisal Institute Seminar National USPAP update
2008 - Appraisal Institute Seminar Appraising Convenience Stores
2008 - American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers - Conservation
          Easement Appraisal
2009 – Appraisal Institute Seminar National USPAP update
2009 - Appraisal Institute Seminar Eminent Domain and Condemnation
2009 - Appraisal Institute Seminar Analyzing Distressed Real Estate
2009 - Appraisal Institute Seminar Business Practices and Ethics
2010 - Appraisal Institute Seminar - IRS Seminar Conservation Easements
2011 - Appraisal Institute Seminar - National USPAP Update
2012 – Appraisal Institute Course 833 – Fundamentals of Separating Real Property,
          Personal Property, and Intangible Business Assets
2012 – Appraisal Institute Webinar – IRS Valuation
2012 – Appraisal Institute Seminar – Scope of Work

 

• PUBLICATIONS
Prepare and present The Wells Group Forecast – an annual publication analyzing the local real estate market 2001 - 2011

• PARTIAL LIST OF CLIENTELE
Bank of America Bank of Colorado
Bank of Durango Bank of the San Juans
Brennan Oil Company Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
City of Durango Colorado Housing and Finance Authority
Colorado State Land Commission Community Banks of Colorado
Durango School District 9R Exxon Company U.S.A
First Interstate Bank of Denver First National Bank of Albuquerque
First National Bank of Durango First National Bank of Farmington
First Interstate Bank First Security Bank, Salt Lake City
GF Properties Group La Plata County Government
Mancos Valley Bank Mercy Medical Center
Outward Bound School Pepsi Company
Pine River Valley Bank Resolution Trust Corporation
Southern Ute Indian Tribe Tierra Group
U.S. Department of Justice Vectra Bank Colorado
Wells Fargo and numerous attorneys, individuals, and developers

• REFERENCES
Available upon request

Trails 2000 (local trails advocacy group) Founding Board President 1993 - 1999
La Plata County Community Development Council - Board Member 1995 - present
AABC Willie Mays/Pee Wee Reese Little League Baseball Manager 1995-97
Durango Community Recreation Center Steering Committee - 1998
Chairman Durango School District 9R Finance Advisory Committee 1998 – 2000
Member Durango School District 9R Superintendent Search Committee – 1999
Member Durango School District 9R Blue Ribbon Facilities Committee – 2000/2001
Member Durango School District 9R High School Principal Selection Committee – 2001
Member Grandview Rural/Urban Incentives Demonstration (GRID) Citizen Working Group – 2002/2003 - investigate use of Transferable Development Rights (TDRs) in La Plata County
Member La Plata County Forum
Elected Board Member – Downtown Durango Partnership – 2004-2006
Appointed Member – Downtown Durango Vision and Strategic Plan Steering Committee – 2004-2005
Durango City Council Appointed Board Member – Business Improvement District BID – 2005 – 2013City of Durango - Business Improvement District Board Chair - 2011 -
City of Durango – Transportation and Parking Demand Management – BID representative - 2012 - 2013
City of Durango – Parking Advisory Committee – BID representative 2012 - 2013