Appraisal & Consulting

Richard Carter President Maine Chapter Appraisal Institute

Name: Richard Carter Title: President, Maine Chapter of the Appraisal Intitute Company: North Wind Appraisal Company Location: 12 Waterboro ...

Tom Andolfo President Rhode Island Chapter Appraisal Institute

Name: Tom Andolfo Title: President, Rhode Island Chapter Appraisal Institute Company: Andolfo Appraisal Institute Location: 216 Weybosset St...

The green and the global markets

The global connectiveness of our markets and our environmental community were further clarified in 2007. Our so-called grass roots were invo...

Welcome chapter president Rob Nahagian

I am honored to have been elected as the 2008 CRE Chapter president for New England and New York. The other Chapter officers for 2008 includ...

What is a "comp" in reference to appraisal?

In 1964, Justice Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court, in attempting to define "obscenity" said, "I shall not today attempt further to d...

R.I. chapter of the Appraisal Institute installs its officers and directors

The R.I. chapter of the Appraisal Institute held its annual installation of officers and directors on December 12th, at the Italo-American C...

What have you done for us lately?

It will probably be a little while before the sub-prime mess settles down, and quite a while before it's cleaned up. From the news reports,...

Three important questions in a declining market

Now that a majority of American markets are experiencing an adjustment period in property valuation, we as appraisers are starting to "scrat...

The folly of data base appraising: Serious issue faced by the appraisal industry

I recently was retained to review two appraisals of the same property. Both were retrospective appraisals with the same valuation date. The...