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HISTORY
Valentine Appraisal & Associates was founded
by Gary S. Valentine, MAI, ASA, SR/WA, to provide valuations of
real estate, closely held business and consulting for agricultural,
commercial, industrial, land, residential, and right of way.
Mr. Valentine
began his career in Fresno, California where he specialized in residential
and agricultural valuations, including closely held businesses.
After two years in Fresno, he moved to San Francisco and was hired
as an associate appraiser for Southern Pacific Transportation Company,
specializing in right of way valuation for sale, purchase, lease,
easement and condemnation purposes.
After five years
with Southern Pacific Transportation Company, he accepted an offer
to work as a senior appraiser with Marshall and Stevens, one of
the largest appraisal firms in the United States. There he appraised
all types of real property in both the United States and Mexico,
and he appraised closely held businesses including auto dealerships,
gas stations, hospitals, adult care facilities and more.
In 1994, Mr.
Valentine joined Valentine and Valentine, later to be known as Valentine
Appraisal & Associates. Bringing with him over 14-years of appraisal
experience, he specializes in all types of real estate valuations
and consulting.
Active in the
right of way industry, he is a Past President of the Los Angeles
Chapter of the International Right of Way Association with 300 local
members.
Mr. Valentine
has been an expert witness in the Superior Court and has presented
tax cases to the Los Angeles and Orange County Assessor's Boards
of Appeal.
WE
SERVE
The clients
include many of the nation's most distinguished corporations, institutions
and governmental agencies.
The company
also serves the appraisal and consulting needs of individual entrepreneurs,
commerce and industry, health and educational institutions, land
developers, taxing authorities, and local, state and federal governments,
as well as foreign industries.
CONSULTING
Valentine Appraisal
& Associates works closely with diversified groups.
ACCOUNTANTS
and FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS:
Pre-acquisition or merger valuation counseling, allocation of purchase
price, property records and control, return on investment.
ATTORNEYS:
Estate planning, eminent domain and condemnation proceedings, ad
valorem issues, bankruptcy and foreclosure.
BANKERS and
TRUST OFFICERS:
Financing areas, inheritance and estate cases, gift tax services.
CORPORATE OFFICERS:
Pre-acquisition or merger valuation counseling, allocation of purchase
price, tax purposes (federal and ad valorem), sale or purchase,
insurance, condemnation.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS:
Fixed assets accounting for real estate; valuation of property administered
by agencies of the government; real estate to be acquired by eminent
domain public highways, urban renewal, public parks, and easements;
and valuation consulting to state and local property assessment
and appraisal offices.
INSURANCE AGENTS,
BROKERS, ADVISORS, and COMPANIES:
Correct amount of insurance for placement purposes, proper valuation
of varying assets for rate making purposes, and assistance at the
time of casualty to prove the amount of loss.
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS:
Feasibility studies, plant site selection, analyses in acquisition
studies, and other areas where property economics become a part
of the management consultant's contracted services.
WE
APPRAISE
Valentine Appraisal
& Associates appraises real estate, closely held businesses
and provides consulting.
BUILDING:
Industrial complexes, commercial buildings, multi-family residential
property, housing developments, hotels, hospitals, schools, and
institutional and public property.
CLOSELY HELD
BUSINESSES:
Farms, dealerships, retail stores, general and professional service,
industrial distribution, manufacturing, hospitals, adolescent and
senior care facilities, recreation and other businesses for gift,
estate inheritance taxes, estate planning, selling, merging, acquiring,
or divesting marital, partnership, corporate dissolutions, damage
cases, and bankruptcy reorganizations.
LAND and LAND
IMPROVEMENTS:
Industrial, commercial, and residential sites; potential industrial,
commercial, and residential acreage; farm land and ranch lands;
large government tracts; and land improvements such as paving, water,
sewerage, drainage systems, and transportation corridors.
LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS:
Items of a structural nature built by a lessee.
PROPERTY RIGHTS:
Right-of-way, easements, non-conforming use, water,
air access, subterranean, and partial interest.
PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS for
GARY S. VALENTINE, MAI, ASA, SR/WA
Principal Certified Appraiser
- Appraising
since 1983
- 5-years as
staff appraiser for Southern Pacific
Transportation Co.
- 4-years as
senior appraiser for the 2nd largest appraisal firm in the country
(Marshall & Stevens, Inc.)
- Past President
of the IRWA, Los Angeles Chapter, a professional voluntary service
organization, 300 local members
- Presently
employed by a private appraisal firm owned and operated by Mr.
Valentine
PRESENT POSITION
As owner/appraiser of Valentine Appraisal and Associates,
I specialize in real estate and business valuations.
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
I am a certified general appraiser in California
(AG006526), an MAI designated member of the Appraisal Institute,
an accredited senior appraiser, real property/urban, of the American
Society of Appraisers, and a senior member of the International
Right of Way Association. I served as Treasurer in 1993, Secretary
in 1994, President-Elect in 1995, and President in 1996 of the International
Right of Way Association, Chapter 1, Los Angeles. I am a licensed
real estate broker in California.
EXPERIENCE
I have been exclusively appraising real estate and
closely-held businesses since 1983. My experience includes reviewing
and appraising residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural,
transportation corridors, and other special use properties in nearly
40% of the 250 cities in California and Mexico.
Appraisals are prepared for sale, purchases, insurance,
lease, financing, income tax, assessment appeals, condemnation,
allocation of purchase price, estate and corporate planning.
I have also performed extensive economic feasibility
studies, business valuations and real estate market analyses for
proposed development of urban real estate, real estate investments,
cash flow analyses, and economic projections.
EMPLOYMENT
I am sole owner of Valentine Appraisal & Associates.
Prior experience includes five years of being owner/partner of a
Valentine Appraisal & Associates, four years with Marshall and Stevens
in Los Angeles, the second largest appraisal firm in the Country,
five years with Southern Pacific Transportation Company appraisal
departments in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and two years with
a private valuation firm in Fresno, California.
EDUCATION
I hold a B.S. in Business Management from Brigham
Young University, Provo, Utah, and have completed numerous courses
and seminars sponsored by the American Society of Appraisers, and
by the Appraisal Institute including Business Valuation, Real Estate
Appraisal Principles, Basic Valuation Procedures, Standards of Professional
Practice, Capitalization Theory and Techniques (Parts A and B),
Case Studies in Real Estate Valuations, Discounted Cash Flow in
Subdivision Analysis, and Valuation Analysis and Report Writing,
Advance Partial Acquisition, Highest and Best Use and Market Analysis,
Non-Residential Demonstration Appraisal Report Writing, passed the
Non-Residential Demonstration Report and the Comprehensive Exam
for the MAI designation. I have successfully completed courses and
seminars sponsored by the International Right of Way Association
including Easement Valuation, Right-of-WayValuation, Engineering,
Real Estate Law, Group Communications, Bargaining Negotiations,
and Valuation of Contaminated Properties.
COURT TESTIMONY
I have been a qualified expert witness in Superior
Court.
TAX APPEAL HEARING
I have presented cases before both the Los Angeles
and Orange County Boards.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
I speak Spanish.
INDUSTRIAL SPECIALIZATIONS
Agriculture * Automotive dealers and service stations
* Cities * Commercial banks * Elementary and secondary schools *
Federal government * General building contractors * General merchandise
stores * Golf courses * Holding and other investment offices * Hospitals
* Hotels and motels * Insurance agents, brokers and service * Legal
services * Manufacturing industries * Miscellaneous fabricated metal
products * Mortgage bankers and brokers
* Office and clinics of medical doctors * Pipelines * Railway *
Real Estate operators and lessors * Savings and loan association,
credit unions * Subdividers and developers * Transportation corridors
PARTIAL LIST
of CLIENTS PERSONALLY SERVED
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Asset
Management
Coopers
& Lybrand Sigma
Emerson Asset Management Group
Equity Assets Management
Independent One Asset Management
Automotive
Arrow
Volvo
Cerritos Ford
Thorson GMC
Toyota Motor Credit Corp.
Government
City of
Alhambra
City of Industry
City of Lancaster
City of Los Angeles
City of Mission Viejo
City of Oxnard
City of Palmdale
City of Pasadena
City of Riverside
City of Santa Barbara
City of Santa Clarita
City of Santa Paula
City of Temecula
Concord Redevelopment Agency
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Helix Water District
Hospital/MOB
Anaheim
General Hospital
Bay Harbor Hospital
Megan Medical Center
Oak Grove Institute
Procto
Unihealth
Westminister Medical Group
Syndication
Cerritos
Investment Group
G. E. Capital Investments
MIG Realty Advisors
Property Holding Co
SHL Properties Realty Advisors
The CIT Group
Schools
Alpine
Unified School District
El Segundo Unified School District
La Mirada Unified School District
Mount San Antonio Community College
West Covina Unified School District
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Financial
Institutions
Antelope
Valley Bank
Bank One
Citizens Business Bank
Citizens Commercial Bank
East West Bank
First Financial Credit Union
First Valley National Bank
Foothill Independent Bank
Garfield Bank
GMAC Mortgage
Grand National Bank
Great Western Bank
Home Bank
Santa Barbara Bank & Trust
Society National Bank
Sumitomo Bank
Sun Country Bank
Universal Bank
United National Bank
Valencia National Bank
Wells Fargo Bank
Western Security Bank
Industrial
Aero Kraft
Tools, Inc.
Bullet Freight Systems
GTE
Memorex/Telex Incorporated
Nalco Chemical
Packaging Corporation of America
Southern California Edison
Southern California Gas Company
Union Pacific Railroad
Retail
Pier 1
Imports
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Target
Legal
Arter
& Hadden
Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer, & Moyer
Kane, Ballmer, & Berkman
Lathan & Watkins
Sullivan, Workman, & Dee
Miscellaneous
Catellus
Development Corp.
Center
Land Company
LKS Investment
Pettit & Martin
San Thomas Properties
State Compensation, Inc.
Temple Investments
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