"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.

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Why I Don’t Appraise in Antarctica

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Esperanza, the only actual town in Antarctica In the by-line of my blog I mention that I have appraised real estate on ev...

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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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About Vernon Martin

Vernon Martin, MSRE: Vernon Martin has 41 years of commercial appraisal experience and has physically appraised properties on 6 continents. 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, including the largest S&L, formerly taught Real Estate Appraisal at California State University, Los Angeles from 1998 to 2005 and has authored many professional journal articles (including The Appraisal Journal) and two books. He has degrees from the University of Chicago and Southern Methodist University (where he earned his Master of Science in Real Estate degree) and is a Certified General Appraiser in several states (CA, NM, TX, AK, MT and MI).For more information, call 1-323-788-1605, or e-mail him at vernonmartin@aol.com .

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