Appraisal Matters

Well, I made it here first. There is going to be two of us at this blog and maybe more in the future. We are a husband & wife team with two very different approaches to commercial valuation and life in general, who always seem to come to the same location in the end.

My husband, John Simpson, graciously has given me the first post. Who am I? Well, professionally I would say I am a "street appraiser". I don’t have my MAI, but I’ve sold, brokered loans and I’ve been an appraiser for 13 years. For the last five I’ve only been doing commercial with my husband as my mentor. I’m best with small commercial properties (AKA blue collar properties) and John’s expertise is miles above mine on investment grade properties.

John on the other hand is an MAI who IMHO is brilliant, but never was good at promoting his abilities. People are generally not good at sales when they are analytical. He has been my hero and mentor for many years and I hope you enjoy our posts and debates on this blog. We’re new at this but are very fortunate to have 21 year old Bethany with us. As her email byline states: Troubleshooter Extraordinare . We’re hoping that we’ll convince her to join us full time after college. You may see posts from her from time to time too as she starts down the "apprentice appraiser" path.

You’ll be seeing posts about our day to day practice, our opinions on Real Estate related matters and appraisal theory and practice in general. We look forward to your comments and hope that your enjoy our posts.

Eileen