Exhibitors and Sponsors
The following have chosen to participate as exhibitors at Valuation 2000. Meet them in the exhibit area to learn about their exciting products and services.
For more information on conference exhibitors and sponsors, call Debra West at the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
(ASFMRA) at (303) 758-3513.
As of 4/18/00
ASSOCIATIONS
American Society of Appraisers
555 Herndon Parkway, Suite 125
Herndon, VA 20170
Contact: Patrick Christoff
800-APPRAISER
FAX 703/742-8471
Booth# 224
Product Description: The American Society of Appraisers is a professional organization of appraisers from a variety of disciplines. International in structure, it is self-supporting and unaffiliated. The society works cooperatively for the elevation of the appraisal profession.
Society members include valuation specialists in all types of property, tangible and intangible, real and personal. Individuals who have attained requisite levels of education and experience, and who adhere to strict ethical and professional standards, may hold one or more of the following professional designations in ASA; Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA); ASA College of Fellows (FASA) or Accredited Member (AM).
American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers
950 S. Cherry Street, Suite 508
Denver, CO 80246
Contact: Douglas Slothower
303/758-3513
FAX 303/758-0190
Booth# 214
Product Description: The ASFMRA is the national, professional organization for individuals who provide management, consultation services and valuation of agricultural and rural assets. The Society was founded in 1929 and has since grown to approximately 3,000 members with 37 chapters across the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Collectively, the ASFMRA members manage more than 25 million acres of farm and ranch land for absentee owners, banks and trusts, as well as complete more the 175,000 appraisals a year on more than 30 million acres of land. The ASFMRA provides its members with the resources, information and leadership that enables them to provide valuable services to the agricultural community. The ASFMRA awards the designations of Accredited Farm Manager (AFM), Accredited Rural Appraiser (ARA), Real Property Review Appraiser( RPRA) and Accredited Agricultural Consultant(AAC).
Appraisal Institute
875 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-1980
Contact: John W. Ross
312/335-4478
FAX 312/334-4474
http://www.appraisalInstitute.org
Booth# 119, 121, 200, 218
Product Description: With a heritage extending over 60 years, the Appraisal Institute is the premier organization of professional real estate appraisers. It has general appraisal members who hold the MAI, SRPA, and SREA designation and residential members who hold the SRA and RM designation. Identified by their experience and knowledge of real estate valuation, these members adhere to a strictly enforced Code of Professional Ethics and Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. Currently, the Appraisal Institute confers one general designation, the MAI, and one residential designation, the SRA. The Appraisal Institute is the world’s largest publisher of real estate appraisal literature and offers an extensive appraisal education curriculum. In addition, the Appraisal Institute sponsors a Master’s Degree Program that enables students to earn education credit that can be applied toward the MAI designation.
International Right of Way Association
Pacifica Harbor Business Center, Suite 220
19750 South Vermont Avenue
Torrance, CA 90502-1144
Contact: Eugene Jackson, Jr.
310/538-0233
FAX 310/538-1471
Booth #502
Product Description: Founded in 1934, the International Right of Way Association offers individual membership to professionals who acquire, manage or dispose of real property for public agencies and investor-owned companies. To enhance professional development, IRWA provides training, certification and designation programs, a code of ethics and a bimonthly magazine, Right of Way.
International Society of Appraisers
16040 Christensen Rd., Ste. 102
Seattle, WA 98188-2965
Contact: Christian Coleman
206/241-0359
FAX 206/241-0436
Booth #204
Product Description: ISA is a professional association of personal property appraisers. The ISA Keystone is its education and credentialing programs. ISA serves the public by providing referrals to qualified appraisers in the US and Canada. Complimentary copies of "Be Certain of Its Value-A Comprehensive Guide to Hiring an Appraiser" are available.
National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers
7501 Murdoch Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63119
Contact: Michael R. Wukitsch
314/781-6688
FAX 314/781-2872
Booth #404
Product Description: National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers is an organization dedicated to raising the standards of the real estate appraiser profession, maintaining the professionalism of members through continuing education, gaining recognition for members as qualified appraisers, and protecting consumers against unsound financial transactions.
National Society of Real Estate Appraisers, Inc.
1021 North 7th Street, Suite 106
Kansas City, KS 66101
913/321-2262 Ext. 205
FAX 913/321-2937
Booth# 419
Product Description: Products & Education
EQUIPMENT
Oki Data
2000 Bishops Gate Blvd.
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
Contact: Martin Smith
800/OKI-DATA
FAX 888/865-2841
Booth #424
Production Description: With Printer solutions that match every part of your business, Oki Data is your key to printing. Call about our premier 8 page-per-minutes color printer.
SERVICES
American Home Inspectors Training Institute
212 Wisconsin Avenue
Waukesha, WI 53186
Contact: Scott Newcomer
800/937-6387
FAX 262/544-8025
Booth #331
Product Description: American offers commercial and home inspection training. HANDS-ON or HOME STUDY available. We offer the best report and marketing system in the industry. An onsite computer generated reporting system, or a 33-page four-part NCR reporting format. Books to educate and assist with FHA/VC Inspections.
Appraisal.com
334 Harris Hill Road
Buffalo, NY 14221
Contacts: Carl Schindler
716/633-2428
FAX 716/632-9747
Booth #409, 411, 508, 510
Product Description: Internet-Based data and tools for appraisers and appraisal users. Appraisals can be ordered and delivered electronically through our Nationwide Appraisal Network, which provides pricing and qualifications for appraisers in any area. Data Search and Reporting offers info on any property in seconds. Automatic Valuation Engine valuates any property based on relevant comparables.
eNeighborhoods, Inc.
200 Rittenhouse Circle #3E
Bristol, PA 19007
Contact: Judith Mickelberg
800/975-9742
FAX 215/785-3200
Booth #203
Product Description: Developer of Know the Neighborhood CDRom.
Know The Neighborhood is a product that has quickly become a real estate industry
standard, revolutionizing the way comparable home sales and detailed neighborhood
information is accessed. This Appraisal Edition, created specifically for appraisers, gives
you quick and easy access to the information you need when you need it.
Ibbotson Associates
225 N. Michigan Ave., Ste 700
Chicago, IL 60601
Contact: Elaine C. Wainscott
312/616-7367
FAX 312/616-0404
Booth #202
Product Description: Data publications and valuation website.
L & M Publications (The Book)
P.O. Box 3273
Gaineville, GA 30503
Contact: Mike Clark
770/532-5610
FAX 770/532-5667
Booth # 316
Product Description: Machinery Pricing Guides.
Liability Insurance Administrators
1600 Anacapa Street
P.O. Box 1319
Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1319
Contact: Robert A. Wiley
800/334-0652
FAX 805/962-0652
Booth #302
Product Description: Liability Insurance Administrators provides professional liability insurance (E&O) for real estate appraisers.
PRIMIS, Inc.
11475 Great Oaks Way, Suite 320
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Contact: Wendy Clark
770/777-8607
FAX 770/777-8646
Booth #101-103
Product Description: PRIMIS, Inc. is a leading, web-based provider of property information services. PRIMIS (www.primis.com) provides appraisals, home inspections and other property information services to the mortgage industry.
Property Tax Information, Inc.
P.O. Box 70808
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33307
Contact: Gregory Darby
954/975-8011
FAX 954/975-7294
Booth#320
Product Description: The Research/Information site.
RealEstate.com
3333 Peachtree Road, Suite 400
Atlanta, GA 30326
Contact: Joy Neuenschwander
404/497-7600
FAX 404/497-7626
jneuenschwander@realestate.com
Booth #314
Product Description: RealEstate.com Inc. is an Internet-based company providing business-to-business applications to real estate agents, lenders, appraisers and other service providers nationwide. Offering an integrated suite of Web-based tools, RealEstate.com provides e-commerce solutions that facilitate the complete lifecycle of the real estate transaction. RealEstate.com is headquartered in the Atlanta Financial Center, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Seabury & Smith
1255 23rd Street NW, Ste. 300
Washington, DC 20037
Contact: Kathy Jacobson
202/457-6800
FAX 202/457-6862
Booth# 417
Product Description: A pioneer in the concept of insurance program management since 1949, Seabury & Smith, Inc. offers a host of professional services including full service administration, program design, marketing and advertising, research and development, claims underwriting, customer service and payroll deduction plan development.
SOFTWARE
AgWare, Inc.
P.O. Box 138
Piedmont, SD 57769
Contact: Jerry Kjerstad / Lori McPherson
605/787-7871
FAX 605/787-6163
Booth #205
Product Description: AgWare, Inc. is an appraisal software provider for rural appraisers with users in 50 states and Canada. Its goal is to assure that the Uniform Agricultural Appraisal Report (UAAR) is the most efficient and effective appraisal software program. The program consists of forms, worksheets and a sales database with math to capture the appraisal methodology taught by the ASFMRA. The newest release is AgWare2000.
a la mode, inc.
1015 Waterwood Parkway, Suite F
Edmond, OK 73034
Contact: Stephanie Disheroon
405/359-6587
FAX 405/359-8612
Booth #315-321 and 414-420
Product Description: Founded in 1985, a la mode, inc. is North America’s largest provider of appraisal software and services. a la mode offers appraisers desktop and online products including the industry-leading WinTOTAL 2000 appraisal software, PDF Publisher to create and manage Adobe Acrobat PDF files, and eDomin.com, an Internet vortal for real estate professionals and consumers.
Apex Software
5500 Babcock Road, Suite 116
San Antonio, TX 78240
Contact: Robert K. Smoote
210/699-8549
FAX 210/699-1150
Booth #200
Product Description: Apex IV Windows
Appraisal Institute Residential Database, Inc. (AIRD, Inc.)
606 Van Buren
Oxford, MS 38655
Contact: Ann Spitzley
662/236-2020
FAX 662/236-2037
Booth #311
Product Description: The Appraisal Institute Residential Database, Inc. (AIRD) is the new national, physical property data source for residential property. AIRD is built upon the best data available, generated by appraisal and mortgage professionals. AIRDPort.com provides users with the tools they need to contribute, order, and analyze residential property information.
Automated Valuation Technologies, Inc.
978 Old Cades Cove Rd.
Townsend, TN 37882
Contact: David A. Braun
865/448-9483 or 865/977-4404 Ext. 30
FAX 865/982-2999
Booth #303
Product Description: Automated tools for appraisers in Excel from inspection farms to an automated market module and database.
Beacon Maps
1100 S. Coast Highway, #211
Laguna Beach, CA 92657
Contact: Chris Young
800/582-0444
FAX 949/497-6064
young@apc.net or beacon@beaconmaps.com
Booth# 225
Product Description: Specializing in FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM), Beacon Maps, LLC has been serving the industry since 1992. We provide the most efficient and affordable service in the business. With technology changing so rapidly we are proud to provide reproduced, FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps on CD-ROM indexed by Address, F.I.R.M. Panel Number & city, it makes flood certification as simple as pushing a few buttons. Visit our web site for a brief overview of our products and services at www.beaconmaps.com.
Bradford Technologies
7174 Santa Teresa Blvd., Ste. A-2
San Jose, CA 95139
Contact: James Regnere
408/360-8520
FAX 408/360-8529
Booth #207, 209, 211
Product Description: Developer and reseller of appraisal software solutions for agriculture, residential, commercial, review and environmental software allows for integration of digital photos, digital maps, narrative and forms and other exhibits to produce a complete appraisal report.
Day One, Inc.
487 Devon Park Drive, Suite 210
Wayne, PA 19087
Contact: Richard Saint Cyr
610/975-9000 Ext. 3205
Fax 610/975-9400
Booth# 229-328
Product Description: Day One, Inc., as the leader in automated appraisal solutions, offers the most complete appraisal software products and web-based services in the industry. Day One also "Brings Business to Your Desktop" by connecting lenders and appraisal management companies with appraisers nationwide.
DEED Plotter+ & TOPO+
(Johnson Mapping Software)
P.O. Box 533
Casper, WY 82602
Contact: Mike Johnson
307/235-9975
FAX 307/235-9976
Booth # 300
Product Description: DEED Plotter+ accepts legal description language, either entered manually or "read-in" for text files. It draws the descriptions, calculates area and closure precision. Accepts multiple tracts, checks overlaps and/or gaps. Does easements from centerline descriptions. TOPO+ accepts Deed Plotter+ plots, places and prints on seamless, digital USGS topo maps.
E-ppraisal.com
41 Sutter #1472
San Francisco, CA 94104
Contact: Jay Johannesen
415/260-0806
FAX 650/401-7401
Booth # 215, 217
Product Description: E-ppraisal is the first company to offer a comprehensive residential valuation solution designated for appraisers. E-ppraisal Pro, the company’s flagship product is designed to work with the appraiser’s existing process and utilizes USPAP rules to generate an accurate and reliable valuation.
First American Real Estate Solutions
5601 E. LaPalma Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92807
Contact: Lorraine Baker
714/701-2151
FAX 714/693-3895
Booth #301
Product Description: Every day customers depend on the accuracy, timeliness and depth of property data from First American Real Estate Solutions (RES). Our name may be new, but our lineage can be traced back 50 years through REDI, TRW REDI and Experian RES and more than 100 years through our owner, The First American Financial Corporation. First American RES gives you an informed competitive edge. With Win2Data 2000, you can search 375 counties across 47 states for the most current sales. First American RES provides the following products and services to real estate appraisers: electronic assessor maps, electronic street maps, value point, home price index, neighborhood profile, marketrac, research services, service bureau, free win2data training.
FNC, Inc.
606 Van Buren
Oxford, MS 38655
Contact: Carol Dorsey
662/236-2020
FAX 662/236-2037
Booth #307-309
Product Description: FNC links automated mortgage processing to integrated Web valuation solutions to reduce costs, speed turn times, and provide analytical applications that add value to every mortgage transaction. Products include FNC’s Collateral Management System, operating inside the security firewall; AppraisalPort.com, linking vendors outside the firewall; and AIRDPort.com, the national residential database.
Form Fill
P.O. Box 9710
Austin, TX 78766
Contact: Mike Delaney
512/419-0304
FAX 512/419-0209
Booth #408-410
Product Description: Appraisal Software
National Soil Survey Center – Natural Resources Conservation Service
USDA-NRCS-NSSC
Federal Bldg., Room 152, Mail Stop 36
100 Centennial Mall North
Lincoln, NE 68508-3866
Contact: Robert Nielsen
402/437-4149
FAX 402/437-5336
Bob.nielsen@nssc.nrcs.usda.gov
http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/nssc
Booth #406
Product Description: The Soils Data Reviewer is an ARCINFO base digital soils data viewer and analytical tool featuring a certified Soil Survey Geographic Data Base (SSURGO), delivered to the customer on a CD-ROM. This GIS extension to ARCINFO can be used to analysis digital soils map and accompanying reference data and selected interpretations to provide customer specific products.
PictureManager
2500 Airport Road South, Ste. 206
Naples, FL 34112
Contact: Ray Carroll
941/775-1147
FAX 941/775-2154
Booth #304
Product Description: PictureManager
Polaroid Digital Solutions
5705 Red Arrow Highway
P.O. Box 520
Stevensville, MI 49127
Contact: George Opelka
800/234-8727 or 616/429-0051
FAX 616/428-4454
Booth #401, 403, 405
Product Description: Polaroid Digital Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Polaroid Corporation, is a leading provider of e-forms and digital automation under the ACI, MCS, Lighthouse and Polaroid brands, encompassing e-forms and digital technology. The Polaroid client base features North America’s premier lenders and appraisal companies. Additional information is available on the internet at www.aciweb.com and www.NoFog.net .
Software for Real Estate Professionals
7423 Picardy Avenue, Ste F
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Contact: R. Wayne Pugh
225/766-0582
FAX 225/766-7629
Booth # 210-212
Product Description: Software for Real Estate Professionals, Inc. provides the Residential Appraiser suite of appraisal software including: forms processing, sketching, digital photo and map processing, order management and EDI communications. The Residential Appraiser is regarded by real estate appraisal professionals as the most powerful and user friendly appraisal software package available today.
United Systems Software
617 S. Rockford Drive
Tempe, AZ 85281
Contact: DeaAnn Staples
800/899-0045
FAX 480/449-2655
Booth #514
Product Description: A technology company that specializes in developing services that allows mortgage companies to receive appraisal and other services via the web site. www.realink.com
OTHER
ACDI/VOCA
1008 "S" Street, Suite B
Sacramento, CA 95667
Contact: Kent Ayers
Regional Manager
916/556-1620
FAX 916/556-1630
Booth # 206
Product Description: ACDI/VOCA is a nonprofit international development organization helping
farmers, agribusinesses, cooperatives, and private and government agencies abroad. We offer opportunities for volunteers to provide high-quality technical expertise in many of the 33 countries in which we work.
Association Management Alliance
950 S. Cherry Street, Suite 508
Denver, CO 80246
Contact: Rodney Moore
303/758-3513
FAX 303/758-0190
Booth# 221
Product Description: An association management company located in Denver, Colorado, Association Management Alliance was created in 1998 to be a service organization capable of delivering a level of personal attention and results-driven management second to none. We take an active role in the affairs of each client to ensure that goals are met in a timely, professional and cost-effective manner. Our staff offers expertise in all areas of association management and is dedicated to discovering and meeting the specific needs of your association and members. As a result, we are able to provide a wide range of professional management and administrative support services that will help your association fulfill its unique mission.
Auction Market Resource
P.O. Box 7683
Rego Park, NY 11374-7683
Contact: Gail Brett Levine
718/897-7305
FAX 718/997-9057
Booth #504
Product Description: Organized sale price information on gems and jewelry. Valuable for appraisers, state departments, and dealers of antique and period jewelry. Excellent measuring and condition report together with pictures. All jewelry previewed by gemologist/appraisers. Updated twice yearly for timely evaluations. For a free brochure and newsletter, contact us at 718/897-7305 phone, 718/997-9057 fax, or email 76766.614@compuserve.com.
Business Valuation Resources
7412 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway
Suite 106
Portland, OR 97225
Contact: Jenny Tallis-Grow
503/291-7963
FAX 503/291-7955
Booth #500
Product Description: Business Valuation Resources, LLC provides timely and relevant print and online resources for professionals involved with business valuation, ligitation, taxation, and M&A issues. Products include Shannon Pratts Business Valuation Update, Judges & Lawyers Business Valuation Update, Pratt's Stats, as well as books authored by Shannon Pratt.
Dept of HUD
Real Estate Assessment Center
1280 Maryland Avenue
Washington, DC 20024-2142
Contact: Michele Schmidt
202/708-4932 Ext. 3278
FAX 202/708-3798
Booth# 105
Product description:
Marshall & Swift
911 Wilshire Blvd., 16th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017-3409
Contact: Leslie A. Lake
213/683-9000 or 800/544-2678
FAX 213/683-9010
Booth #400
Product Description: Marshall & Swift, the Building Cost People, develops and publishes a diverse line of quality, industry-specific products and services and customized solutions for the appraisal, construction, and insurance industries. Costs are continually researched and updated monthly, quarterly and annually. Call 800/544-2678 for more information about Marshall & Swift products and services.
Outdoor Advertising Assoc. of America
1850 M Street NW, Suite 1040
Washington, DC 20036
Contact: Myron Laible
202/833-5566
FAX 202/833-1522
Booth# 325
Product Description: Appraisal Valuation of Outdoor Advertising
REAGIT Group Insurance Office
c/o Jardine Group Services Corporation
300 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 700
Chicago, IL 60606
Contact: Janet L. Meter
800/222-9958
FAX 312/922-2849
jmeter@jgsc.com
Booth #310
Product Description: Group life and health insurance plans for Appraisal
Institute members and their families.
The Appraisal Foundation
1029 Vermont Avenue, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
Contact: Mavis Kleso
202/347-7722
FAX 202/347-7727
http://www.appraisalfoundation.org
Booth #402
Product Description: The Appraisal Foundation, a non-profit organization established in 1989, is dedicated to the professional advancement of the appraisal profession. The Foundation accomplishes its mission through the work of its two independent Boards, the Appraisal Standards Board (ASB) and the Appraiser Qualifications Board (AQB).
The Appraisers Research Foundation
1056 San Juan Grade Rd.
Salinas, CA 93907
Contact: Sherwood Darington
831/422-5868
FAX 831/443-6638
Booth #201
Product Description: The Appraisers Research Foundation Provides grants and/or loans to organizations, individuals and other entities for research and educational activities selected by the corporation’s Board of Directors to further the appraisal profession for the benefit of the profession and the general public.
The Center for Advanced Property Economics
c/o The Appraisal Institute
875 N. Michigan Avenue, Ste. 2400
Chicago, IL 60611
Contact: Georgy E. Pointer
312/335-4216
FAX 312/335-4222
Gpointer@appraisalinstitute.org
Booth #415
Product Description:
University of St. Thomas
Graduate School of Business, MS in Real Estate Appraisal
1000 La Salle Avenue, MPL 153
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Contact: Thomas A. Musil, Ph.D.
651/962-4289
FAX 651/962-4125
http://www.gsb.stthomas.edu/realestate/
Booth #305
Product Description: The Appraisal Institute endorses the Master of Science degree in Real Estate Appraisal offered by the Graduate School of Business at the University of St. Thomas, which accepts AI coursework for graduate credit and enables practicing appraisers throughout the U.S. to pursue graduate study in real estate valuation. The University of St. Thomas Graduate School of Business has developed an innovative Master of Science degree in Real Estate Appraisal. This program is for appraisers who wish to earn a graduate degree in real estate appraisal while continuing their professional practice responsibilities. This Master’s program provides the opportunity for appraisers to incorporate credit earned in certain Appraisal Institute courses into the Master’s degree in Real Estate Appraisal.