Appraisal & Consulting

Counseling - When the conclusions are not favorable - by Donald Bouchard

Donald Bouchard, CRE The membership roll of the Counselors of Real Estate is very diverse. The local chapter has members who are attorneys,...

Appraisers at risk – So what else is new? - by John Torvi

John Torvi, Herbert H. Landy Insurance Agency, Inc. The more things change, the more things stay the same, as the saying goes. Recent and u...

Commercial real estate will benefit from moderation - by David Kirk

David Kirk, Kirk & Co. Markets show mixed performance. As securities markets bounce back somewhat, reacting to corporate earnings and g...

Reconciliation: The common sense approach - by Bill Pastuszek

Bill Pastuszek, Shepherd Associates Many reports contain language – sometimes labeled as “Reconciliation” – that have sentences sim...

Real estate appraisers’ reaction to Executive Order 562 - by Douglas Galloway

Douglas Galloway, Durkin Law P.C. Governor Charles Baker issued Executive Order 562 in response to ever-increasing administrative regulatio...

What is the real value of an analysis these days? - by Wayne Valliere

Wayne Valliere, Barnstable Plymouth Appraisal Services I was visiting a colleague at his office recently and he showed me a pamphlet from a...

Boomers and Millenials : Acting alike, to a point - by Daniel Calano

Daniel Calano, Prospectus, LLC I have written a fair amount about demographic-housing trends, particularly for millennials and baby boomers...

Upcoming Mass./RI chapter of the Appraisal Institute events and offerings

• Business Practices and Ethics, September 17 • Hewitt/McKinney/Kinsella Golf Tournament on September 21, at the Blackstone National Gol...

The “cap rate” - Insight from an appraiser’s perspective - by Mark Plourde

Mark Plourde, Maine Valuation Company You may hear the term “cap rate” in discussions or articles involving commercial real estate. Eve...

Assumptions, extraordinary assumptions, hypothetical conditions - by Bill Pastuszek

Bill Pastuszek, Shepherd Associates This isn’t going to be as boring as you think it’s going to be! Read on. Despite the best efforts o...