Appraisal Matters

We had a great dinner with Jim MacCrate, MAI who graciously gave us three hours of his valuable time while visiting Baltimore to teach a class. I had met Jim while taking two classes and I have been impressed with his honesty, knowledge and desire to give back to the community.

Although court work has been part of our practice, most cases have settled so the number of times we have been on the stand is small in comparison to Mr. MacCrate. There is an art to testifying so he was kind enough to share his thoughts and insights about his experiences on the stand. It has become so natural to him to know what to do, that I’m not sure he realizes all the wonderful advice and guidance he gave John and I last night. The main thing we came away from the table with is we need to reach out to the appraisal community and collaborate more.

We look forward to future debates, discussions and perhaps some joint work on some new cases we are booking. We always look to provide the best to our client’s and adding Mr. MacCrate’s knowledge and advice to cases would benefit our clients. If you are in the NY metro area and need a great appraiser, his website is below.

http://www.maccrateassociates.com/

Thanks Jim for your time!

Eileen