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Business Background

Senior Analyst                          The Hallstrom Group, Inc.
                                                Honolulu, Hawaii  

Former Contract Title               Keogh & Butler, Attorney at Law
Abstractor/Analyst                    (1989-1990)

Former Title Abstractor            Title Guaranty of Guam, Inc.
                                                Agana, Guam (1987-1989)

Education

  • M.B.A. (Finance, "With Distinction") August 2005, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, Hawaii

  • B.S.B.A. (Finance, Magna Cum Laude) 2002, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, Hawaii

  • Real Estate Studies include credit for the following:

         AI

    • Course 110  - Real Estate Appraisal Principals 

    • Course 120  - Basic Appraisal Principles, Methods and Techniques

    • Course 310  - Capitalization Theory and Techniques, Part A

    • Course 320  - General Applications

    • Course 400  -  7-Hour National USPAP Update Course

    • Course 410  - Standards of Professional Practice, Part A (USPAP)

    • Course 420  - Standards of Professional Practice, Part B (USPAP)

    • Course 430  - Standards of Professional Practice, Part C (USPAP)

    • Course 510  - Advanced Income Capitalization

    • Course 520  - Highest and Best Use and Market Analysis

    • Course 530  - Advanced Sales Comparison & Cost Approaches

    • Course 540  - Report Writing and Valuation Analysis

    • Course 550  - Advanced Applications

     

         Other

    • Numerous professional seminars and clinics.

      • Real Estate Finance, Value, and Investment Performance

      • Scope of Work: Where Are We Now?

      • Reappraising, Readdressing, Reassigning:  What to Do and Why and What to Include in a Work File

      • Advanced Sales Comparison

      • Appraisal of Nonconforming Uses for the Appraisal Institute

      • Argus Three-Day Training Seminar Held by The Realm - 2003

  • Experienced with Excel computer spreadsheets, Access relational database system, Argus real estate software, and other econometric applications.  Developed database and/or spreadsheet models for the following applications:  leasehold and leased fee analysis, historical sales analysis, economic trending, cash flow analysis of income producing properties, developments, portfolios, and other real estate applications.  Commercial real property appraisal experience includes valuation of shopping centers, office buildings, proposed developments, and industrial properties.  Residential appraisal experience includes condominium and subdivision development and single-family residences.

Association Memberships

  • Candidate for MAI Designation - Appraisal Institute (AI) 

The American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers (AIREA) and the Society of Real Estate Appraisers (SREA) consolidated in 1991, forming the Appraisal Institute (AI). 

State of Hawaii Certification

Certified General Appraiser, License Number CGA-663, Exp. Date December 31, 2009

  Email Address:  FKB@HallstromGroup.com

 

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