"The International Appraiser": Objective valuation advice on international real estate

Vernon Martin has physically appraised/valued properties on every continent except Antarctica and provides independent, unsponsored investment and valuation advice.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Appraisal in St. Maarten

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The property was a 20-acre hillside, ocean view parcel, improved with a 10,000 square foot home. The top half was zoned for conservation o...

Central American Real Estate Horror Stories

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I received another such phone call today. Today the offending country was Panama, but sometimes it is Costa Rica. I asked, “ Did yo...

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Monday, October 8, 2012

Appraisal of Beach Land in Bahia, Brasil

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This assignment was to value an L-shaped beach parcel, with the wide end of the parcel situated more than 1 km from the beach. The subje...

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Ecuador Revisited

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The property north of Quito, near 10,000 feet above sea level My previous Ecuadorian land appraisal reports [see July] were not favorably...

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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Appraisals for Chinese divorce in California

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Beijing night market, September 2011 This blog has attracted inquiries from two separate California divorce attorneys who share a sim...

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Appraisal of a 1700-acre ranch in Belize

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I sometimes encounter misperceptions about the effect on land value when a property is divided into two parts. In this instance, a ranch o...

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Appraisal of a vacation club timeshare in Thailand

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This blog occasionally attracts inquiries from owners of foreign vacation timeshares . They want their foreign timeshare appraised, but th...

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Appraisals of "View Land" in Costa Rica

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Much of my work involves flying to faraway places and then being driven in a 4-wheel drive vehicle into the countryside, up winding di...

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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Appraisal of Unfinished Condo Project in Barbados

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My previous appraisal assignment in Barbados was in December 2009, at a time in which vacation residence projects were faltering, the most ...

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Appraisal of proposed solar farms in Ecuador

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Corn farm at almost 10,000 feet above sea level In my native land of southern California, it is becoming common to turn margina...

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About Vernon Martin

Vernon Martin, MSRE, CFE: Vernon Martin has 41 years of commercial appraisal experience and has physically appraised properties in more than 20 countries, 44 U.S. states, and 5 Canadian provinces. He started his career at the global firm Jones Lang Wootton and went on to become the chief commercial appraiser at 3 national (U.S.) lending institutions, formerly taught Real Estate Valuation at California State University, Los Angeles and has authored many professional journal articles and two books. He has degrees from the University of Chicago and Southern Methodist University and is a Certified General Appraiser. For more information, call 1-323-788-1605, or e-mail him at vernonmartin@aol.com .

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