Friday, November 29, 2013

Interview techniques for appraisers and valuers

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Each ACFE (Association of Certified Fraud Examiners) Fraud Conference has an optional pre-conference seminar on a subject of special inte...
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Monday, November 25, 2013

ACFE Asia Pacific Fraud Conference and Observed Patterns of International Real Estate Fraud

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I have been a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners for 11 years now, and last week I attended their annual Asia Pacific...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Appraisal of Waterfront Lots in Bimini, The Bahamas

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  Several years ago, the real estate industry perceived a proliferation of “high net worth” individuals (HNWs) seeking second or third ho...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Critical Thinking Skills Needed for Real Estate Appraisers and Valuers

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My posts on Scotland and Trinidad in September were critical of "chartered surveyors" who allowed false information to enter ...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Appraisal in Abaco, The Bahamas

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The appraisal was for refinancing purposes, but the subject property was the largest on a cay with only 110 homes, a substantial number bei...
Thursday, October 31, 2013

Appraisal of land near Cancun, Mexico

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Mangrove This is the second time this has happened to me in Mexico .   The borrowers wanted to take me to a distant spot and then point t...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Appraisal of a residential subdivision in Trinidad

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  The story was as follows:   A bank was about to foreclose on this struggling hillside subdivision with upscale hopes, although the develop...
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Appraisal of a former naval base in Scotland

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According to HVS, this might become Scotland's next 5-star resort This abandoned and derelict munitions facility outside a villag...
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Monday, August 26, 2013

Updated Guide to The International Appraiser’s Most Popular Posts

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The two posts still drawing in the most readers, the post about the failed New South China Mall and the post about the mass marketing of...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Appraisal of an Industrial Property in San Jose, Costa Rica

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Urban real estate appraising sometimes yields pleasant surprises, as the shortage of land in growing or geographically constricted cities c...
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