Mr. Schmidt has been appraising proposed and existing real estate
since 1975. He is an experienced expert witness in United States
District Court, Santa Clara County Superior Court, the Public
Utility Commission of the State of California, and the American
Arbitration Association.
His experience includes real estate development, appraisal
assignments for lenders, attorneys, accountants, corporations,
municipalities, litigation support, and individuals for estate
planning, diminution in value, mortgage lending, gifting,
taxation, purchase, and sale.
Past work includes fee simple, leased fee, easement, and
partial interest appraisals for improved properties and/or
land for mobile home parks, movie theaters, dormitories, sororities,
funeral homes, self-storage facilities, auto dealerships,
schools, gas stations, office buildings, warehouses, industrial
and R & D buildings, agriculture, apartment complexes,
shopping centers, residential and commercial condominiums,
attached and detached single family dwellings including residential
subdivisions, and land development projects.
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Mr. Prescott has been appraising proposed and existing commercial,
industrial, and residential property since 1985. Past work includes
fee simple, leased fee, easement, and partial interest appraisals
for improved properties and/or land for office buildings, warehouses,
industrial and R & D buildings, apartment complexes, mobile
home parks, self-storage facilities, auto dealerships and race
tracks, theaters, schools, service station and fast food sites,
attached and detached single family dwellings, agricultural
properties, residential and commercial condominiums, cooperatives,
and commercial and residential land development projects, and
rent surveys.
Mr. Prescott is an experienced expert witness in land valuation,
construction defects, subdivision analysis, retail centers,
gas stations, and standard of care for appraisers in over
30 cases in the past 10 years, about 50/50 for the defense
and plaintiff. He has appraised for government agencies, lenders,
attorneys, accountants, corporations, and individuals for
eminent domain, estate planning, tax appeal, mortgage lending,
litigation support, construction defects, partnership disputes,
lease negotiation, mis-management, fire damage, earth movement,
gifting, taxation, subdivision, investment, collateralization,
purchase, and sale. He is a trained mediator, specializing
in property dispute resolution. Mr. Prescott has 12 years
prior experience in the industrial property insurance industry
as a loss prevention engineer, underwriter, and broker.
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Mr. Watson has been appraising proposed and existing real
estate since joining The Schmidt-Prescott Group, Inc. in 2002.
Past work includes improved properties and/or land for office,
industrial, apartment complexes, auto dealerships, attached
and detached single family dwellings, residential and commercial
condominiums, and commercial and residential land development
projects. His experience includes appraisal assignments for
lenders, attorneys, accountants, corporations, government
agencies, and individuals for estate planning, mortgage lending,
taxation, purchase, and sale.
He earned a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering at the University
of California, Santa Barbara and he holds a Certified General
Appraiser License (AG040050). Mr. Watson’s previous
experience includes construction cost estimating, a valuable
skill in the appraisal profession.
Louis de la Girond'arc began his appraisal career with the Schmidt-Prescott
Group in 2005. He earned his Certified General Appraiser License
in August 2009. He is an associate member of the Appraisal Institute
and is working toward earning the MAI designation. His experience
consists of appraising a wide variety of property types including
residential land, office, medical office, industrial, R&D,
warehouse, apartment complexes, retail centers, restaurants,
hotels, commercial condominiums, and single family dwellings.
Mr. Girond'arc earned a bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering
Technology from California Polytechnic State University at
San Luis Obispo, and has taken many courses, seminars and
workshops in the field of real estate appraisal, offered by
the Appraisal Institute. His attention to detail and computer
skills contribute to his success in real estate appraisal.
Mr. Sinclair has been appraising proposed and existing commercial real estate
since 2006. He received his Certified General appraiser license in August 2009. Past work
includes the valuation of office buildings, hotels and motels, industrial properties,
apartment complexes, service stations, restaurants, marinas, retail centers, mixed-use properties,
residential subdivisions, rent surveys and other property types.
He has appraised for lenders, attorneys, and individuals for litigation,
estate planning, mortgage lending, investment, purchase, and sale.
Mr. Sinclair has taken many courses in real estate appraisal
through the Appraisal Institute, of which he is an associate member.
He also has 13 years experience in the software industry as a senior project manager
and software implementation consultant for Search and Content Management solutions.
He graduated from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism.
Ms. Bigham grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a B.A. in Bacteriology, and from San Francisco State University with a M.A. in Microbiology.
She worked in biotechnology and computer high-tech before changing careers to real estate appraisal in 2006. She completed courses in real estate, economics and business law at De Anza College
as well as classes and seminars offered by the Appraisal Institute. She holds a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser License and is an associate member of the Appraisal Institute.
She joined The Schmidt-Prescott Group, Inc. in the fall of 2007, where she combines her computer and research skills and applies them to the appraisal discipline. Her work to date
includes the valuation of professional and medical office buildings, industrial properties,
apartments, retail properties and residential subdivisions.
Ms. Bigham was the first recipient of the Arlen C. Mills Education Award awarded in 2009 by the
Northern California Chapter of the Appraisal Institute to a promising appraisal student. Ms. Bigham is actively pursuing an MAI designation.
Ms. Reed, having been in the appraisal profession for over twenty five years, has appraised commercial, retail, and residential properties;
including unimproved land, residential income, and properties suffering from “stigma” due to earthquake influence. She has performed appraisals for estate planning, mortgage lending,
litigation, eminent domain, purchase and sale purposes. She is a licensed Residential Real Estate Appraiser working towards obtaining a license as a Certified General Appraiser.
She received her SRA designation from the Appraisal Institute in 1993. She continues to further her experience with ongoing courses, seminars and workshops in the field of real estate appraisal.
Ms. Solis earned a B.A. in Sociology and a M.A. in Education from Holy Names University in Oakland, California. She holds a Standard Teaching Credential for Elementary School. She began appraising residential real estate in 1986. She joined The Schmidt-Prescott Group, Inc. in 1996, where she began appraising commercial property. Ms. Solis is highly adept at quickly developing a trusting relationship; her career crystallized in the area of data research and verification, leading to a specialization in that aspect of the appraisal profession. Because she is well organized and detail-oriented, the firm later added office management to her job responsibilities.
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