Commercial, Business, Residential Real Estate & Property Appraisal Services in California - Orange County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County
Collins and Associates provides dependable and accurate appraisals in Southern California and beyond. PrincipalDavid R. Collins is a licensed Certified General Appraiser (G.A.A., S.C.R.E.A.) with over 40 years of experience. We appraise commercial, industrial, land, income residential, and residential properties, providing the type of reliable values that banks and major lending institutions require for loans.
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Accountant appraisals - date of death, family trust valuation
IRS appraisals
Feasibility studies
Rental surveys
Collins and Associates provides professional property appraisal services to:
Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, Ventura County and throughout California.
Collins and Associates is always vigilant with changes in the real estate and mortgage industry. We follow the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). As part of new changes in the market, we are Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) compliant. To view the entire HVCC you can click here: http://freddiemac.com/singlefamily/pdf/122308_valuationcodeofconduct.pdf
If you are a mortgage loan officer or a mortgage broker who is not allowed to order appraisals directly from an individual property appraiser and are seeking an HVCC-compliant appraisal service, use the Mercury Network. I am registered on that network and it is the fastest and easiest way to order appraisals from me.
Thanks for taking time to visit Collins and Associates. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me.
Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Ventura County and Southern California Appraisal Resources and Government Agencies:
Los Angeles Property Data - Parcel Maps, sales data, subject property lookup, and other Los Angeles commercial and residential property specific data available for all Los Angeles properties.
California Office of Real Estate Appraisers - California's Licensing Body for Commercial Appraisers and Residential Appraisers. There is a link to find an appraiser on the site. Those with an AG before their license number are state certified commercial appraisers and can complete commercial appraisals. All others are residential appraisers.
California Department of Finance - An Excellent Source for City and County Level Demographic Data. In the field of Commercial Appraisal, we are continually looking for ways to extract out locational differences and the data from this site is of a very high quality for such appraisal analysis.
EPA-Monitored Facilities - Locate EPA monitored or regulated facilities in your community or someone else's.
FedStats - A gateway to social, economic, and business statistics from over 100 US Federal agencies with information capable of being stratified by state, county, and smaller regions.
FDICs Survey of Real Estate Trends - Find out about the direction of real estate markets by region in this quarterly newsletter. It includes useful information for the commercial appraiser.
FFIEC Geocoding System - Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council -- Look up MSA and Census Tract Numbers by entering a property's address. Then get demographic data (median family income, etc.) about the census tract.
TIGER Mapping Service - A digital map database for generating detailed maps of anywhere in the US, using public geographic data.
Uniform Appraisal Standards For Federal Land Acquisitions - Standards for approaching the solution to recurring appraisal problems including conjectural and speculative evidence; enhancement or diminution in value; partial takings, and more.
US Appraisal Subcommittee's National Registry of Appraisers - A database containing selected information about the nation's state certified and licensed real estate appraisers. Search by city, state or by name or download a complete file of all appraisers in a selected state.
HUD - US Department of Housing & Urban Development - Find available multi-family housing and funding.
Freddie Mac - Freddie Mac works with mortgage lenders to help people get lower housing costs and better access to home financing. Site contains news, products
FEMA Flood Maps Available - Free - The FEMA site has free customizable flood maps. This is a great resource for commercial appraisers. Just click the link on the left for FEMA flood map store, enter your address and produce your map.
Real Estate Owned Property Listings (REO - Foreclosures):
CB Richard Ellis - Los Angeles - The Los Angeles office of CBRE offers Commercial Appraisals for high quality Institutional-Grade Investments and Portfolios. This office has an excellent staff of Commercial Appraisers.
CB Richard Ellis - Orange County - The Orange County office of CBRE also offers Commercial Appraisals for Institutional Grade Commercial Real Estate Investments and Portfolios.
The Los Angeles Office of Grubb & Ellis - As with CBRE above, the Los Angeles Office offers Commercial Appraisals for Commercial Real Estate Investments and Portfolios.
The Bank of Santa Barbara - http://www.banksb.com - Michael Perdue (Commercial, Franchise, Construction Loans) - michael.perdue@banksb.com - 949.735.1713
Mortgage Consolidation Company - Offers the mortgage interest rate or mortgage refinancing options that best suit your circumstance and saves you time and money
ARES - American Real Estate Society - Find out what applied real estate researchers are looking into. You can get a flavor by looking through a 10 year index of articles in their Journal of Real Estate Research.
AREUEA - American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association - Find out what real estate economists are thinking and doing. Also, check out current and archived information from their journal, Real Estate Economics.
ASA - American Society of Appraisers - An association of Commercial Appraisal professionals.
The Appraisal Foundation - The source of Appraisal Standards. Residential and Commercial Appraisers who do any work for FDIC Insured institutions are required to abide by the rules set forth by the Appraisal Foundation.
Appraisal Institute - The Smithsonian Institute of Commercial Real Estate Appraisal! The institute offers the MAI designation to the select few in the industry who have completed a rigorous set of courses and exams. The Appraisal Institute offers a directory of commercial appraisers as well as a commercial appraisal jobs search page.
BOMA International - Building Managers and Owners Association - Locate special studies on office tenants, custodial issues, and building maintenance and operating expenses.
CCIM - Certified Commercial Investment Members affiliated with the National Association of REALTORS® bring you Forums (discussion groups) and commercial real estate listings -- with more on the way.
CRE - Counselors of Real Estate affiliated with the National Association of REALTORS® bring you summaries of articles that have appeared in their tri-annual publication, Real Estate Issues, and other information relevant to the counseling and advisory aspects of real estate.
DAMC - Directory of Appraisal Management Companies - over 140 AMC's
IAAO - Int'l Assoc. of Assessing Officers - Find inside info about the people who assess your property and more!
ICSC - International Council of Shopping Centers - Find jobs, gross leasable area data, demographics, and discussion groups on mall and shopping center properties, as well as articles from Shopping Center Today.
IRWA - International Right of Way Association - A professional organization dedicated to right-of-way and land acquisition work.
IREM - Institute of Real Estate Management - The nation's leading real estate management organization brings you a comprehensive listing of related publications including articles from their own publication, Journal of Property Management.
JREFE - The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics - An in-depth, topical, peer review journal focusing on real-life real estate finance and economic issues.
LILP - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy - Dedicated to land policy, zoning, and land tax issues. The site includes LandLines, the Institute's bi-monthly newsletter.
MHI - Manufactured Housing Institute - National trade association for manufactured housing. It represents manufacturers, suppliers, retailers, community owners and operators, state associations, and financial institutions involved in the lending and insuring of manufactured homes amd communities.
MBA - Commercial Finance Mortgage Bankers Association of America - Commercial Finance Section - Events, courses, news, and research.
NACORE - National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives - Links to the NACORE BBS and related sites.
NAIFA - National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers
NAIOP - National Association of Industrial and Office Properties - Office and Industrial development information.
NAR - National Association of Realtors - Real Estate Appraisal Section
NAREE - National Association of Real Estate Editors - Find their newsletter, membership directory, and information about those who write about the real estate industry.
NAREIT - National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts - Find out all about REITs and check out their database of REITs.
NCREIF - National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries Home Page.
OREA - California Office of Real Estate Appraisers
OREP - Organization of Real Estate Professionals. E & O insurance and group health insurance
PREA - Pension Real Estate Association - Devoted to issues involving the ownership and investment of real estate by pension funds managers, portfolio managers, and advisers. Find related articles, interviews and membership information.
RERI - Real Estate Research Institute - Investment real estate research.
SIOR -Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS® - Features publications, course and seminar offerings -- with more on the way.
SoCALMLS - Southern California Multiple Listing Service - Listings and sales of commercial, industrial, and residential property in California
ULI - Urban Land Institute - Once you get past all the opening images, you'll find a summary of articles from Land Use Digest, previews from Urban Land and more.
McKissock Appraisal School - 20 years of experience servicing the education needs of licensed professionals. Providing the highest quality education to our customers. Offers both online and classroom style education.
The Appraisal School - Quality real estate appraisal continuing and basic education. Live and online appraisal classes available.
Kaplan Professional Schools - Education for careers in real estate, appraisals, mortgage, home inspection, insurance and securities. Offers both online and classroom style education.
