Wayne Richards
Summary
A real estate consultant/appraiser with over thirty years of experience, eight of which were with a major northwest financial institution and the balance as a fee appraiser. Experience has been in the areas of commercial, industrial, residential and rural properties. Assignments completed for private industry have included lease analysis, market studies, sales, and tax appeals, appraisals for condemnation, bankruptcy as well as valuations for financing, acquisition, estate panning, leased fee and leasehold interests and investment consultation.
Professional Experience
1984 - Present The Richards Group, Inc.
1982 - 1984 R.J. Frank & Associates
Senior Valuation Consultant
1972 - 1982 Far West Federal Savings
Staff Commercial Appraiser, 1977
Staff Residential Appraiser, 1973
Consulting and Appraisal Assignments
Airplane Hangers Residential Subdivisions
Apartment/Condominiums Golf Course
Congregate Care Homes Restaurants
Churches Retail Buildings
Farm Properties Service Stations
Medical Buildings Mobile Home Parks
Automobile Dealerships Vacant Land
Planned Unit Developments
Warehouse/Manufacturing Facilities
Office Buildings - High Rise and Campus
Shopping Centers - Community & Regional
Residential Properties: Non-Complex & Complex
Education
Oregon State University, BS., Business & Finance, 1972
Portland State University, Post Graduate Studies
Society of Real Estate Appraisers, Course 101, Course 201
Capitalization Theory and Techniques (Part 3)
Investment Analysis
SEMINARS
FHA & The Appraisal Process
Appraising Manufactured Homes
Lease & Leasehold Analysis
Under The Microscope: The Cost Approach
Appraising Apartments
Partial Interests: Theory and Case Law
Small Hotel/Motel Valuation
Analyzing Cash Flows
Appraising Auto Dealerships
High Profile Disasters: Insites & Approaches
Feasibility Analysis
Appraisal Reporting Complex Residential Properties
Condominium Appraising
Comprehensive Appriasal Workshop
Small Office Development
Easement Valuation
Appraising The Tough Ones
Appraisers Review-Residential Properties
Relocation Appraising
Appraisal Consulting
Appraisals and the Graham-Leach-Bliley Act
Attacking & Defending an Appraisal in Litigation
Valuation of Detrimental Conditions
Residential Property Construction & Inspection
Appraising Rural Residential Properties
Litigation Skill for the Appraiser
AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Member Appraisal Institute, (MAI), 1994
General Admissions Committee, 2002 to 2003
General Appraisal Council–Experience Subcommittee, 1991-2004
General Appraisal Council–Chair Experience Subcommittee, 2004
Resid. Appr. Council-Council Member Region 1: 1998-2000
Resid. Appr. Board-Narrative Rept. Grading Subcom., 1991-1994
Regional Panel Member-Ethics & Counseling - Ongoing
Society of Real Estate Appraisers
National Organizations:
Designated member
Senior Residential Appraiser, (SRA), 1981
The Young Advisory Council, 1984-1987
Vice Governor District 2, 1985
Member Admissions Operations Subcommittee, 1987-1993
Portland Chapter No. 42:
Chairman Education Committee, 1981-1982
Chapter First Vice President, 1982-1983
Chapter President, 1983-1984
Board of Directors, 1984-1987
ACLB-Peer Review and Advisory Committee, 1994 to Present
LICENSES
State of Oregon, Certified Appraiser #C000061
State of Washington, Certified Appraiser #1100373
Awards, Lectures and Teaching
Recipient of the Greater Oregon Chapter
"Outstanding Service and Leadership Award" for 2004
Instructor with Portland Community College
Real Estate Appraisal Principals - 1991 to 1994
Real Estate Appraisal Procedures - 1992
Instructor with the Institute of Financial Education - 1986
"The Appraisal Process"
Qualified Witness
Bankruptcy Court – District of Oregon
Circuit Court; Counties of Multnomah, Washington & Clackamas,
State of Oregon
