Expert Witness Real Estate Appraisal Services

Are you looking for a commercial real estate appraisal firm experienced in assisting clients as a expert witness?  Eric L. Risberg, MAI, ASA is the founder of the company and is the lead appraiser for all litigation matters. He has been hired as an expert on many occasions and has testified at trials for a number of cases.

He has provided expert witness services pertaining to the following types of cases: changes in market conditions, construction defect litigation, forensic valuations, land value disputes, real estate broker standard of care, ground leases, residential properties, landlord-tenant disputes, physical damage claims to real estate due to a variety of natural or man-made causes, land use and zoning issues, lease-option arbitrations, and divorce cases, among others.

Eric L. Risberg, MAI, ASA is a commercial real estate expert witness, with nationwide experience and a strong emphasis on the California real estate market, specifically. He has nearly 20 years of commercial real estate experience in valuing complex properties and advising clients on real property matters. As an expert witness, or, in other litigation support roles, Eric will provide you with an outstanding contribution to your legal team's success.

If you require something less than an expert witness for trial, we also frequently provide consulting expert services where we work in mediations, arbitrations or other Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) settings such as JAMS or the American Arbitration Association to resolve matters that are not expected to go to trial.   

As an expert witness you should be careful to hire someone with the necessary experience, education and require communication skills to insure that you are not later embarrassed by an expert that is inexperienced, nervous or inarticulate.  Given that the current economic conditions are not very good in the U.S. there are more and more appraisers claiming to be experts as they try to get into this unique sector of appraisal services.  Attorneys should take great care in carefully vetting their chosen expert.  Seeking references and meeting the expert before hiring them are both good advice. 

When hired as an expert for your case you can sure that we will adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), as required by law, and will point out the opposing experts' shortcomings in meeting this standard of care if it is apparent.   

Eric L. Risberg, MAI, ASA, the founder of our company, has provided this service to clients in this specialized industry for nearly 20 years.  In the section below, a summary of his qualifications and experience are provided below.  An Adobe Acrobat® version is available by clicking here.




ERIC L. RISBERG, MAI, ASA
President and Founder Advanced Appraisal International, Inc.

Introduction
Eric Risberg has been advising clients on commercial real estate matters since 1993. Mr. Risberg is the founder of Advanced Appraisal International, Inc., based in San Francisco, California. Earlier in his career, he provided commercial real estate appraisal services to American Appraisal Associates, the world’s largest independent valuation firm.

Valuation Experience
Mr. Risberg has appraised property for more than 400 clients, including 20 Fortune 500 companies. He has appraised property in over 30 states. His appraisals covered a wide range of properties, such as large and single tenant retail properties, high-rise and low-rise apartment buildings and condominium complexes, suburban and downtown office buildings, mixed-use facilities, industrial facilities, hotels, waterfront properties, right-of-ways, easements, ground leases, subdivisions, resort properties, golf courses, and thousands of acres of land.

He has also provided fair market rental determinations on leased property for a variety of retail and office users in the City of San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. These properties include: Crocker Galleria, a shopping mall located in downtown San Francisco with over 40 tenants; 1000 Van Ness Avenue, a 400,000+ square foot structure that includes 14 Movie Theaters and numerous retailers; a flagship retail building on Market Street near the new Bloomingdales; and a wide variety of banks, restaurants, gas stations, and other retail & commercial buildings throughout the United States.

Mr. Risberg has appraised hundreds of properties in the San Francisco Bay Area. Particularly noteworthy projects included participation in the valuation of more than 200 investment-grade properties for a major U.S. Life Insurance Company; more than 50 hotel valuations for Marriott International; nationwide retail property portfolio valuations for Copley Real Estate Advisors; and the appraisal of high-rise office buildings in Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco. Mr. Risberg has appraised more than a billion of dollars worth of real estate.

He has appraised properties for the purposes of:  purchase, sale, corporate planning, ad valorem tax, estate planning, financing, donation, arbitration, litigation, mediation and allocation of purchase price. He has provided opinions of market value for sale in the open market and in-use. Mr. Risberg has provided valuation services to a variety of law firms. He has testified as an expert in trial and pretrial hearings requiring advanced and complex property valuation knowledge.

Professional Accreditations and Designations 
Appraisal Institute, Designated Member
American Society of Appraisers, Accredited Senior Appraiser

State Certifications and Licenses
Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, State of California, No. AG025802
State of California Real Estate Broker,  No. 01231982 
Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, State of Hawaii, No. 624
Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, State of Oregon, No. C000602
Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, State of Washington, No. 1101677

Expert Experience / Case History
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Advanced Appraisal International, Inc. is a San Francisco Bay Area-based commercial real estate appraisal firm that has valued billions of dollars of real estate across the United States and has conducted services internationally.  With nearly 20 years of experience, and an MAI and ASA accredited professional staff, the firm is one of the most innovative and experienced in all aspects of the most complex real estate and corporate valuation assignments.  Copyright 1995-2010.  Last Updated November 12, 2010.