First, a personal note: It's been a while since I've updated the website because I've been busy! I spent the last several years earning my SRA designation from the Appraisal Institute, finally finishing last spring. Covid, volunteer commitments, and large spikes in business kept getting in the way, but whew, I'm done with it. To earn the SRA designation, I had to take challenging classes, submit a sample of my reports for peer review, complete a demonstration report, and pass a test.

The Bay Area’s luxury housing market has heated up despite high mortgage rates and economic uncertainty. Here’s a look at the sales of some of the most valuable pieces of real estate in the U.S.

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Rents will go up as thousands of displaced homeowners and tenants hit an already tight market, analysts and advocates said. Insurance costs, contracting and permitting are among the myriad of stressor...

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Happy holidays! One of our best Christmas holidays a couple of years ago was spent at Ano Nuevo State Park near Santa Cruz watching the elephant seals. Highly recommended if you're ever in the area. Elephant seals sleeping off Christmas dinner Just 30 minutes up the coast is Mavericks Beach. No, I didn't spend Christmas trying to ride giants..... …

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Christmas at Ano Nuevo State Park I'm teaching Excel for Appraisers for the REAA North Bay chapter in Petaluma on Thursday, January 16. We'll cover using Excel for market analysis, supporting adjustments, and maintaining a workfile. The class will specifically address the new GSE market analysis reporting requirements. More information here George Dell has invited me to speak at the Community of Asset Analysts 4th Annual Conference in Las Vegas this February.