James C. Walker, Pres., White Mountain Appraisals,
CERTIFICATION
Certified General Appraiser, the State of New Hampshire. Certified to appraise all types of properties. (NHCG-67)
Certified General Appraiser, the State of Vermont. Certified to appraise all types of properties. (080-000029)
PROFESSIONAL Registered Professional Engineer – (PE-6077) New Hampshire.
EXPERIENCE White Mountain Appraisals, Inc.
Franconia, New Hampshire. (7/86 - Present)
President and principal appraiser providing commercial, residential, land, and condominium appraisals, consulting and expert witness services in northern New Hampshire for many local, regional and national financial institutions. Assignments include conventional residential and land appraisals as well as complex commercial properties including retail and office properties, apartment buildings, motels/hotels/resorts, condominiums (individual and entire development), grocery stores, shopping centers, land developments, hydro-dams, industrial properties, gas stations, restaurants, lumber facilities, bulk petroleum plants, summer camps, easements and large land parcels.
Expert Witness Qualification and Acceptances:
Federal Bankruptcy Court, Manchester, New Hampshire
Federal Court, New Hampshire District, Concord, New Hampshire
Grafton County Superior Court, New Hampshire
Coos County Superior Court, New Hampshire
New Hampshire Board of Tax and Land Appeals
Caledonia County Superior Court, Vermont
EDUCATION
MBA Master of Business Administration, College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1981.
MS Master of Science in Architectural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, College Park, Pennsylvania, 1979. Specialization in residential architecture and structures.
BS Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, 1977, Cum Laude. Specialization in structural engineering.
APPRAISAL TRAINING
Society of Real Estate Appraiser Courses
101 - An Introduction to Appraising Real Property: A comprehensive course emphasizing residential appraisal theory. 1986.
102 - Applied Residential Property Valuation: Applications of residential valuation techniques. 1986.
201 - Principles of Income Property Appraising: A course on valuation of income properties using various financial and quantitative methods. 1986.
202 - Applied Income Property Valuation: Applications of commercial property valuation. 1986
Appraisal Institute Courses
520 Highest and Best Use and Market Analysis, 5/94
Continuing Education: Completion of the following seminars:
USPAP, 4/2005, Transamerica
Wood Design Seminar, Wood Institute
USPAP-400, 10/03, Appraisal Institute
Loss Prevention for Real Estate Appraisers, 10/03, Appraisal Institite
Residential Design and Functional Utility, 11/03, Appraisal Institute
Appraising Manufactured Housing, 11/03, Appraisal Institute
Tax Free Exchanges, 12/02, University of Southern Maine
USPAP Update, 10/02, McKissock Data Systems
Manufactured Housing, 3/02, McKissock Data Systems
Athena Appraisal Seminar, 12/00, alamode, Inc.
Standards of Professional Practice, 4/91, The Appraisal Institute
Land Planning - Appraisal and Development, 10/88, Society of Real Estate Appraisers
Certification Seminar, 12/91, The Appraisal Institute
Business Valuation, 10/90, Institute of Business Appraisers
Appraisers Legal Liabilities, 9/89, The Society of Real Estate Appraisers
HUD/VA Appraisals, 3/95, Institute of Business Appraisers
Regression Analysis, 10/98, McKissock Data Systems
URAR Appraisal Report, 3/98, JMB Real Estate Academy
Residential Construction and Design, 1/99, Berryvale Software Solutions
USPAP, 10/99, McKissock Data Ssystems
People Skills for Project Management, 1/2000, Consulting Engineers of New Hampshire
Valuing Complex and High Value Properties, 6/2000, NH Chapt. Appraisal Institute
Athena Appraisal Software, 11/2000, alamode, Chicago, IL
TEACHING
Seminar Presentation: Appraisal Basics for Bankers and Realtors, presented Sept. 2004
Former Adjunct Faculty and Consultant to the University of New Hampshire College of LifeLong Learning in the Real Estate Appraisal and Computer curriculums. Now Teach Real Estate Appraisal I and Real Estate Appraisal II for state certification.
Former Adjunct Faculty, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT. Instruct Real Estate Investment.
PUBLICATIONS
Let’s Regress, published in The Accredited Appraiser Journal of the National Association of Realtors, Spring, 2000.
Accurate Appraisals in a Rural Market: Some Problems and Solutions, published in The Appraisal Journal, April, 1994.
A Comparative Evaluation of Residential Floor Framing Systems, Penn State University, Master's Thesis.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Business Manager, The White Mountain School, a private boarding school.
Vice President, JEB Systems, a marketing software company.
Business Analyst, Ellerbe Architects, Minneapolis
Structural Engineer, Ellerbe Architects, Minneapolis
OTHER Private Pilot, instrument rated.
Former President, The Allen-Bass Fund, a non-profit charitable organization
Former Chair, Profile Board of Education
Former Chair, School Administrative Unit 35
Former Member, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Franconia
Former Chair, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Sugar Hill