"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.

Saturday, September 1, 2018

An Industrial Building Appraisal Done to both USPAP and RICS Red Book Standards

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Some British investors wanted to buy a local factory in Torrance, a city of 150,000 residents in Los Angeles County. T...
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Monday, August 27, 2018

More Appraisals in British Columbia: How Helpful is USPAP in Preventing Mortgage Fraud?

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Harrison Hot Springs, BC An applicant for a loan from my client was about to bid on a court-ordered sale of an assortment of forec...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Another EB-5 Regional Center Failure: Imperial Regional Center

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Heavy presence of food and beverage operations. The developer is also a restaurant supplier. The goal of the EB-5 regional...
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Thursday, May 17, 2018

Timeshares, Fractional Vacation Home Ownerships and Condotels are a Bad Deal

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Fairway Forest By now there are millions of disappointed investors in these types of properties. The most important lesson learned...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Making Borrower Background Checks Part of the Appraisal Process

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In two previous posts I suggested appraisers sometimes do “background checks” on...
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Monday, November 6, 2017

A Reassessment of Real Estate Guru Ronan McMahon: Real Math vs. "Ronan Math"

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Almost 5 years ago I published a post that was critical of International Living magazine and their anointed real estate guru, Ronan Mc...
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Saturday, November 4, 2017

Rental Properties Marketed on Mondinion.com (Global Investments)

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Rental home in Inkster, Michigan Lately I have been receiving e-mails from real estate agencies Mondinion.com and PropertyO.com,...
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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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